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ROTHER
Etymology 1
Noun
rother (plural rothers)
(obsolete) A horned animal, especially an ox.
Etymology 2
Noun
rother (plural rothers)
A rudder.
Anagrams
• rethor, rhetor
Proper noun
Rother (countable and uncountable, plural Rothers)
A surname.
A river in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don.
A river in Hampshire and West Sussex, England, which flows into the River Arun.
A river in Kent and East Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel.
A local government district in East Sussex created in 1974, which is named after the river in East Sussex.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rother is the 15748th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1851 individuals. Rother is most common among White (94.0%) individuals.
Anagrams
• rethor, rhetor
Source: Wiktionary
Roth"er, a. Etym: [AS. hryedher; cf. D. rund.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Bovine.
– n.
Definition: A bovine beast. [Obs.] Shak. Rother beasts, cattle of the bovine genus; black cattle. [Obs.] Golding.
– Rother soil, the dung of rother beasts.
Roth"er, n. Etym: [OE. See Rudder.]
Definition: A rudder. Rother nail, a nail with a very full head, used for fastening the rudder irons of ships; -- so called by shipwrights.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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