Rosie
English edit
Etymology edit
Diminutives + -ie.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊziː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊziː/
- Homophone: rosy
Proper noun edit
Rosie
- A diminutive of the female given name Rose, Rosemary and other female names related to the rose. Also used as a formal given name.
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Noun edit
Rosie (countable and uncountable, plural Rosies)
- (countable, US, informal) A female factory worker during World War II (after the 1942 song Rosie the Riveter).
- 2011, Philip C. DiMare, Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia, volume 1, page 1087:
- […] continued oppression and exploitation of women in the workplace 50 years after the Rosies entered wartime factories.
- (uncountable, UK, slang) Ellipsis of Rosie Lee (“tea”).
- 1962, Derek Raymond [Robin Cook], The Crust On Its Uppers, London: Serpent's Tail, published 2000, →ISBN, page 21:
- Now for a quick lamp over the slag. Ever had someone put some snout ash in your rosie? Makes you put on that wry face, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what the slag does.
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Proper noun edit
Rosie (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜏ᜔ᜐᜒ)
- a female given name from English