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ROBERTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
Synonyms:
Bartholomew Roberts; Roberts
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
buccaneer; pirate; sea robber; sea rover (someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
Synonyms:
Kenneth Roberts; Roberts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States evangelist (born 1918)
Synonyms:
Oral Roberts; Roberts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
evangelist; gospeler; gospeller; revivalist (a preacher of the Christian gospel)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
Synonyms:
Richard J. Roberts; Richard John Roberts; Roberts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
