"Roe" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɹoʊ/ [US] Forms: Roes [plural]
enPR: rō [US] Rhymes: -oʊ Etymology: From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Roes}} Roe (countable and uncountable, plural Roes)
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname. Tags: countable, uncountable Coordinate_terms (English-language pseudonymous surname): Doe
    Sense id: en-Roe-en-name-su1yiRXa Categories (other): English surnames Disambiguation of 'English-language pseudonymous surname': 67 33
  2. A town in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Arkansas, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Arkansas, USA, Towns in the United States Derived forms: Richard Roe, Jane Roe Related terms: Rae, Roy
    Sense id: en-Roe-en-name-w4RSi34K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ɹoʊ/ [US]
enPR: rō [US] Rhymes: -oʊ Etymology: From a Middle English nickname meaning a roe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Roe
  1. (US, law, US politics, informal) Ellipsis of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 US Supreme Court case which legalized abortion and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Alternative form of: Roe v. Wade (extra: the 1973 US Supreme Court case which legalized abortion and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment) Categories (topical): Law, US politics Derived forms: post-Roe, Roevember Coordinate_terms: Casey, Dobbs
    Sense id: en-Roe-en-name-zgnAY~mi Categories (other): American English Topics: government, law, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ɹoʊ/ [US]
enPR: rō [US] Rhymes: -oʊ Etymology: From Irish an Ró ("the roaring one"). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|an Ró}} Irish an Ró Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Roe
  1. A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Categories (place): Places in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Places in Northern Ireland, Rivers in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Rivers in Northern Ireland Related terms: Roe Green
    Sense id: en-Roe-en-name-jsoUsR07 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 16 28 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland",
        "en:Places in Northern Ireland",
        "en:Rivers in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland",
        "en:Rivers in Northern Ireland"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A river in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Londonderry",
          "Londonderry#English"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Ireland",
          "Northern Ireland#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʊ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "row"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "roe"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "rho"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Rowe"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "rō",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Roe"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2278",
  "msg": "suspicious alt_of/form_of with '. ': Roe v. Wade",
  "path": [
    "Roe"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Roe",
  "trace": ""
}

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