Definition of Rollo

1. Noun. Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931).

Exact synonyms: Hrolf, Rolf
Generic synonyms: Chief, Chieftain, Headman, Tribal Chief

Definition of Rollo

1. Proper noun. (Germanic male given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rollo

Rolando's cells
Rolando's column
Rolando's fissure
Rolando's gelatinous substance
Rolando's tubercle
Rolex
Rolf
Rolfing
Roller
Roller's nucleus
Roller Derby
Rollers
Rolleston's rule
Rollet's stroma
Rolling Stones
Rollo (current term)
Rolls
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royces
Rolodex
Rom.
Roma
Romagnolo
Romaic
Romaji
Roman
Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Pope
Roman Catholicism

Literary usage of Rollo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"Rollo LEARNING TO READ BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE When Rollo was five years young, his father said to him one evening: "Rollo, put away your roller skates and ..."

2. The Normans in Europe by Arthur Henry Johnson (1903)
"Yet Charles, aided by the people of Lotharingia,by Rollo and some Northmen who had settled ... In revenge, Rollo ravaged the country of the Duke of Paris, ..."

3. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"See AGE, Rollo 49, 16 exp. A 1.11.3 (ion) 705-72 Fragmento de una exposición de los ... See AGE, Rollo 49, ю exp. A 1.11.7 (1802) 241-17 Prior of convent of ..."

4. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1851)
"Any how the formal reception of Christianity by Rollo was retarded until the subsequent year. Robert Duke of France appeared as his 012 sponsor, and, ..."

5. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1897)
"Constance A., d. of 10th Barou Rollo; b. 1862; is a Sister of Mercy. ... Rollo, Hon. William Charles W., Master of Hollo, es of 10th Baron Hollo; b. ..."

6. Publications by English Historical Society (1840)
"The discourteous act here laid to the charge of Rollo is attributed by William of ... Rollo abdicated in favour of his son William in the year 927. ..."

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