All 3 Uses
rogue
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- Slanders, sir; for the satirical rogue says here that old men have gray beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams; all which, sir, though I most powerfully and potently believe, yet I hold it not honesty to have it thus set down; for yourself, sir, shall grow old as I am, if, like a crab, you could go backward.†
p. 95.7 *
- O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!†
p. 117.1
- A pestilence on him for a mad rogue!†
p. 249.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(rogue) someone or something that behaves in a dishonest, unpredictable, or independent way -- often breaking rules or acting outside the norm
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) someone without a home who travels from place to place.