rothe

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noun

A kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike video games.

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Meanings

rothe1

nounrothe (plural rothe)
  1. fantasyA kind of fictional cattle in various role-playing games and roguelike video games.
    1 more example

    Unfortunately, he turned the corner in a rather inefficient manner, cutting off his retreat and bumped into a rothe. Gadzooks, he thought, one hit from this boy and I'll likely go to my ill named great reward. The only recourse was to quaff his one as of yet unidentified potion and hope it was extra healing.

    1993, Robert Leduc, “Nethack Imitates Life”, in rec.games.hack (Usenet)

Rothe2

proper nounRothe (plural Rothes)

plural Rothes

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

  1. GermanRothe
  2. EnglishRothe

Borrowed from German Rothe.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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