Rupert
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century.
Proper noun[edit]
Rupert
- (mostly U.K.) A male given name.
- 2010 Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385609500, page 99:
- A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint. Even Rupert sounds somehow cool when attached to a navy-blue St Oswald's blazer.
- 2010 Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, ISBN 9780755308453, page 91:
- 'What about Rupert?' his mother says brightly. 'I've always loved the name Rupert and it's an old family name on my side.'
- 'Sounds like...a whatdyoucallit?' Ted's father says, folding up the newspaper and tossing it to the floor.
- 'What?'
- 'A...' Ted's father puts his hand to his brow '...you know...a thing that children take to bed. Um...Brideshead...um...teddy-bear! That's it. A teddy-bear.'
- 2010 Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, ISBN 9780385609500, page 99:
- A city in Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- A town in Vermont.
- A town in West Virginia.
Noun[edit]
Rupert (plural Ruperts)
- (derogatory, slang military) A junior army officer.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Old High German Hroberahtus equivalent of the English and northern German Robert.
Proper noun[edit]
Rupert
- A male given name.
