Rupert
English edit
Etymology edit
A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century. Doublet of Robert.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹupɚt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Proper noun edit
Rupert
- (chiefly UK) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2010, Joanne Harris, blueeyedboy, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 99:
- A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint. Even Rupert sounds somehow cool when attached to a navy-blue St Oswald's blazer.
- 2010, Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, →ISBN, page 91:
- 'What about Rupert?' his mother says brightly. 'I've always loved the name Rupert and it's an old family name on my side.'
'Sounds like...a whatdyoucallit?' Ted's father says, folding up the newspaper and tossing it to the floor.
'What?'
'A...' Ted's father puts his hand to his brow '...you know...a thing that children take to bed. Um...Brideshead...um...teddy-bear! That's it. A teddy-bear.'
- A city, the county seat of Minidoka County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- A town in Vermont.
- A town in West Virginia.
Noun edit
Rupert (plural Ruperts)
- (derogatory, slang, military) A junior army officer.
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Middle High German Ruoperht, from Old High German Hruodperht, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiberht, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Rupert
- a male given name, equivalent to English Robert