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Robert|ˈrɒbət|
[A personal name, a. F. Robert, ultimately of Teutonic origin.]
†1. = Robin redbreast. Obs.
14..in Wr.-Wülcker 702 Hec frigella, a roberd. 14..Camb. MS. Gg. 4. 27 lf. 9 b, Robert red brest and the wrenne.
2. = herb Robert. Also robert's-bill.
1847Halliwell, Robert, the herb stork-bill. 1856E. Capern Poems 158 The foxglove, the robert, the gorse, and the thyme. 1859― Ball. & Songs 129 The yarrow and the robert's-bill.
3. A policeman. Cf. bobby 2.
1870Figaro 18 Nov. (Farmer), The ‘British Peeler’..is, after all, a sensitive creature. The blood of the Roberts is at length aroused. 1899‘J. Flynt’ Tramping with Tramps ii. 231 But look out for the Robert and the Dee (the policeman and the detective). 1929T. L. Davidson Murder in Laboratory xiv. 108, I stopped and asked a Robert the time. 1968J. Lock Lady Policeman iv. 34 Believe it or not PCs are still occasionally wished, ‘Good morning, Robert!’
4. A waiter.
From a series of articles, professedly written by a waiter named Robert, which appeared in Punch in 1881–2.
1886Pall Mall G. 10 Aug. 3/2 The Parisian Roberts now on strike. Ibid. 3 Sept. 3/1 The Swiss ‘Robert’ proposes that his new ‘Union for Swiss Waiters’ shall be called the ‘Winkelriedverein’.
5. Robert sauce, sauce Robert: see sauce n. 1
6. Naut. slang. A spell off duty; a sleep, a ‘nap’.
1935‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas xii. 140 I'll get head down for a proper robert. |