name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
roose
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name
Meaning 2
An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD2269).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 3
To flatter or praise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 4
To be proud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal
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History
Etymology
From Middle English rosen (“to boast”), from Old Norse hrósa (“to boast; praise”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþsōną, from *hrōþaz, *hrōþiz (“fame; glory; praise”). Cognate with Icelandic hrósa, Danish rose, Swedish rosa.