Other forms: rogues
A rogue is a dishonest but often likeable person. A lovable rogue, a rogue trader, you old rogue.
The affection is what makes the word interesting — nobody says lovable thief. As an adjective it means acting alone and dangerously: a rogue elephant, a rogue state, a rogue employee. The origin of the word is unknown.
1nounrogueA dishonest but often likeable person.
“Everyone in the village knew the old rogue cheated at cards, but they liked him anyway.”
2adjectiveactingActing alone and dangerously.
“A rogue employee secretly sold the company's customer data to criminals.”
rogue is a person.
First recorded in the sixteenth century as a word for a vagrant; the further origin is unknown.
unknown. From either:
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