name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
rother
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/ˈɹɒðə/
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CMU ARPABET: R AO1 TH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A river in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don at Rotherham.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A river in Hampshire and West Sussex, England, which flows into the River Arun.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A river in Kent and East Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A local government district in East Sussex created in 1974, which is named after the river in East Sussex.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A horned animal, especially an ox.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
A rudder.
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History
Etymology
# For the river in South Yorkshire: Probably 'the chief river', from Middle English Roder, from Proto-Brythonic *ro + Old Welsh *duβr. # For the river in West Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherbridge. # For the river in East Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherfield. Replaced Middle English Liminel, which is cognate with River Limden.
From Middle English rother, ruther, reother, from Old English hrūþer, hrȳþer, byforms of hrīþer, hrīþ (“neat; ox”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz, *hrinþaz. Cognate with Dutch rund (“bovine”), German Rind (“bovine; beef”).
From Middle English rother, from Old English rōþor. See rudder.