roy

plural roys

1. archaicformalA king.

1. archaicRoyal.

   For in the tenth year, when roy victory / Was won to give the Greeks the spoil of Troy, / Return they did profess, but not enjoy, / Since Pallas they incens'd, and she the waves / By all the winds' power, that blew ope their graves.

   1614–1615, Homer, “The Fifth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume I, London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC, page 114, lines 140–144

plural Roys

1. countableA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

   On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.

   2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN

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   - - - The real pity is that the only name William Burton remembers is Roy ...it was a popular name in the fifties and sixties so there were probably quite a few of them." "Not that popular," said George. "Surely it's Roy Trent?" "Roy Rogers...Roy Orbison... Roy of the Rovers...Roy Castle..." "At least one of those was a comic-book character," said Andrew. "So? Bill Clinton and David Beckham named their children after places. All I'm saying is we can't assume Roy Trent from Roy."

   2003, Minette Walters, Disordered Minds, Macmillan., →ISBN, page 173

2. A surname.
   1. countableuncountableA surname from Anglo-Norman.
   2. countableuncountableA surname from Old French.
   3. countableuncountableA surname from Scottish Gaelic.
   4. countableuncountableA surname from Bengali.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Power County, Idaho.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri.
   4. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Fergus County, Montana.
   5. countableuncountableA village in Harding County, New Mexico.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon.
   7. countableuncountableA city in Weber County, Utah.
   8. countableuncountableA minor city in Pierce County, Washington.
4. countableuncountableA ghost town on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
5. countableuncountableA river and glen (see Glen Roy) in Highland council area, Scotland.

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableadvertisingInitialism of run of year.