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roue Definition


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roué
noun
    roués
    1. old use
      A debauched, disreputable man; a rake.
      Thesaurus: lecher, libertine, debauchee, rake, wanton, profligate.
Etymology: 19c: French, meaning ‘broken on the wheel', from roue a wheel. The name was first applied to the dissolute companions of Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France 1715‐23, to suggest that they deserved such punishment.



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