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bernard, 1893–1968, u.s. composer.
bruce, 1870–1957, u.s. book designer and printer.
carl (ransom) 1902–87, u.s. psychologist.
ginger (virginia katherine mcmath) 1911–1995, u.s. actress and dancer: longtime partner of fred astaire.
james gamble, 1867–1947, u.s. architect.
john, 1829–1904, u.s. sculptor.
robert, 1731–95, american pioneer and commander in the british regular army during the french and indian war.
samuel, 1763–1855, english poet.
will(iam penn adair)
[uh-dair] /əˈdɛər/ (show ipa), 1879–1935, u.s. actor and humorist.
william p(ierce) 1913–2001, u.s. lawyer: attorney general 1957–61; secretary of state 1969–73.
a city in nw arkansas.
a male given name: from germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”.
contemporary examples

“the process of getting the approval is too slow and is too c-mbersome,” rogers said.
isis fight has a spy shortage, intel chair says kimberly dozier january 1, 2015

he started to look more like jackson pollock than mr. rogers.
thomas kinkade’s paintings embody an american vision missed by many artists blake gopnik april 10, 2012

while some claim there was a m-ssive white house operation to cover up the attacks, rogers and mckeon see a more nuanced story.
new benghazi investigation spooks gop leaders eli lake may 13, 2014

breaking with tradition, rogers was a guest to the state dinner, which honored indian prime minister manmohan singh and his wife.
‘they need a spanking’ rebecca dana, lloyd grove november 27, 2009

“one of the best intelligence services in the world is the russians, and the iranians are not too far behind,” rogers said.
iran plot’s wikileaks link eli lake october 13, 2011

historical examples

there was no chance for mr. rogers to answer or to interrupt me.
frenzied finance thomas w. lawson

if you look on the back of the spoon, you will perhaps see “rogers bros. 1846.”
diggers in the earth eva march tappan

on wednesday morning soon after ten o’clock mr. rogers, on his way downtown, came to the waldorf.
frenzied finance thomas w. lawson

well, go on, rogers,” cried several voices; “what did you do next?
the three commanders w.h.g. kingston

rogers is ready, strapped and great-coated, with a flaming eye in the middle of his waist, like a deformed cyclops.
reprinted pieces charles d-ckens

noun
ginger, real name virginia mcmath. 1911–95, us dancer and film actress, who partnered fred astaire
richard, baron rogers of riverside. born 1933, british architect. his works include the pompidou centre in paris (1971–77; with renzo piano), the lloyd’s building in london (1986), the millennium dome in greenwich (1999), and heathrow airport terminal 5 (2008)
william penn adair, known as will. 1879–1935, us actor, newspaper columnist, and humorist in the homespun tradition
interjection
(used in signalling, telecommunications, etc) message received compare wilco
an expression of agreement
verb
(slang) (of a man) to copulate (with)

masc. proper name, from old french rogier, from old high german hrotger, literally “famous with the spear,” from hruod- “fame, glory” + ger “spear” (see gar (n.)). as a generic name for “a person,” attested from 1630s. slang meaning “p-n-s” was popular c.1650-c.1870; hence the slang verb sense of “to copulate with (a woman),” attested from 1711.

the use of the word in radio communication to mean “yes, i understand” is attested from 1941, from the u.s. military phonetic alphabet word for the letter -r-, in this case an abbreviation for “received.” said to have been used by the r.a.f. since 1938. the jolly roger pirate flag is first attested 1723, of unknown origin; jolly here has its otherwise obsolete middle english sense “high-hearted, gallant.” roger de coverley, once a favorite english country dance, is so called from 1685, in reference to addison’s character in the “spectator.” french roger-bontemps “jovial, carefree man,” is attested there from 15c.

rogers , carl ransom. 1902-1987.

american psychologist who founded humanistic psychology

affirmation

yes; i understand; ok: get your -sses over there, roger

[wwii armed forces; fr the us military phonetic alphabet word designating r for ”received,” said also to have been used by the royal air force by 1938]