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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