bobbie

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proper noun

A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

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Meanings

bobbie1

nounbobbie (plural bobbies)

plural bobbies

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of bobby (“policeman”).

    He […] saw that the policeman was trying to drag a wretched drunken woman to the police-station close by. The student asked him what he was going to do with her. "Lock her up for booze, guv'nor" was the bobbie's reply.

    1898, The Cheltonian, volume 23, page 90

Bobbie2

proper noun

alternative Bobby · alternative Bobbi

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Cite this entry
APA

bobbie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bobbie

MLA

“bobbie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bobbie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bobbie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bobbie.

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