ROGUE. A French word, which in that language signifies proud, arrogant. In some of the ancient English statutes it means an idle, sturdy beggar, which is its meaning in law. Rogues are usually punished as vagrants. Although the word rogue is a word of reproach, yet to charge one as a rogue is not actionable. 5 Binn. 219. See 2 Dev. 162 Hardin, 529.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

rogue

[Unix] A Dungeons-and-Dragons-like game using character graphics, written under BSD Unix and subsequently ported to other Unix systems. The original BSD "curses(3)" screen-handling package was hacked together by Ken Arnold to support "rogue(6)" and has since become one of Unix's most important and heavily used application libraries. Nethack, Omega, Larn, and an entire subgenre of computer dungeon games all took off from the inspiration provided by "rogue(6)". See also nethack.

[Jargon File]

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

Rogue \Rogue\, n. [F. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf. Icel. hr?kr a rook, croaker (cf. Rook a bird), or Armor. rok, rog, proud, arogant.]

1. (Eng.Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [1913 Webster]

Note: The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron. [1913 Webster]

2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat. [1913 Webster]

The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

3. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment. [1913 Webster]

Ah, you sweet little rogue, you! --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage. [1913 Webster]

5. (Hort.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety. [1913 Webster]

Rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities.

Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment.

Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Rogue \Rogue\, v. i. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks. [Obs.]

--Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Rogue \Rogue\, v. t.

1. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry. [Obs.]

--Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

2. (Hort.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard). [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

102 Moby Thesaurus words for "rogue": SOB, bad boy, balker, balky horse, bastard, blackguard, blighter, booger, bounder, buffoon, bugger, bum, cad, charlatan, cheat, churl, contumacious, creep, crock, cross-grained, crowbait, cur, cutup, dastard, devil, disobedient, dog, elf, enfant terrible, fractious, funmaker, garron, goat, good-for-nothing, hack, headstrong, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, imp, incorrigible, independent, intractable, jade, joker, jokester, jughead, knave, lawless, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, louse, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, mountebank, nag, pixie, plug, practical joker, prankster, precious rascal, puck, rampageous, rapscallion, rascal, rat, recalcitrant, refractory, roarer, rosinante, rotter, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, self-willed, shyster, sneak, spalpeen, stiff, stinker, strong-willed, swindler, trickster, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpredictable, unrestrained, unruly, villain, wag, wastrel, whistler, wild, wretch

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

rogue

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Rogue \Rogue\, n. [F. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf. Icel. hr?kr a rook, croaker (cf. Rook a bird), or Armor. rok, rog, proud, arogant.]

1. (Eng.Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

Note: The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons. They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron.

2. A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.

The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise. --Pope.

3. One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.

Ah, you sweet little rogue, you! --Shak.

4. An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.

5. (Hort.) A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.

Rogues' gallery, a collection of portraits of rogues or criminals, for the use of the police authorities.

Rogue's march, derisive music performed in driving away a person under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment.

Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rogue \Rogue\, v. i. To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks. [Obs.]

--Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rogue \Rogue\, v. t.

1. To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry. [Obs.]

--Cudworth.

2. (Hort.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)