All 7 Uses of
rogue
in
Gone with the Wind
- What a rogue he was!†
Chpt 4.34 *
- You're a fine honest rogue, Scarlett!†
Chpt 4.43
- A rogue!†
Chpt 4.43
- She wasn't a rogue, she told herself vehemently.†
Chpt 4.43
- Maybe I am a rogue, but I won't be a rogue forever, Rhett.†
Chpt 4.43
- Maybe I am a rogue, but I won't be a rogue forever, Rhett.†
Chpt 4.43
- You know as well as I do that the man is a rogue.†
Chpt 4.47
Definition:
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(rogue) not normal and possibly dangerous -- possibly aloneThe exact meaning of rogue can depend upon its context. For example:
- "a rogue state" -- (politics) a dangerous country that ignores international conventions
- "a rogue animal" -- (especially of an elephant) dangerous and not living with or like its kind
- "a rogue trader" -- (finance) an employee who makes unauthorized and improper securities trades
- "a rogue wave" -- (oceanography) a dangerous wave that is much larger than others around it
- "rogue cells" -- (biology) tumor cells
- "He is a rouge." -- someone who is deceitful and unprincipled (though possibly liked despite that)