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Definition of Rogue elephant
1. Noun. A wild and vicious elephant separated from the herd.
Definition of Rogue elephant
1. Noun. A solitary, old, male elephant that has become dangerously and unpredictably violent ¹
2. Noun. (by extension) Someone or something that is large, dangerous, and unpredictable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rogue Elephant
Literary usage of Rogue elephant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1893)
"A rogue elephant: OR, A CHAPTER OF WILD SPORT IN CEYLON. BY F. FITZ ROY DIXON.
periodically visited them, exchanging tobacco, cloths and small articles of ..."
2. Camping and Tramping in Malaya: Fifteen Years' Pioneering in the Native by Ambrose B. Rathborne (1898)
"... Resident-General—Leaving Kwala Lumpor— Travelling northward—Limestone hill
and caves—Soil—Wild animals—rogue elephant—Former denizens of the jungle—Camp ..."
3. The Forest and the Field by Henry Astbury Leveson (1874)
"A rogue elephant. " Coming events cast their shadows before." An Indian spread.—Lieut.
... News of a rogue elephant.—The rencontre.—An awkward position. ..."
4. The Forest and the Field by H. A. L. (Henry Astbury Leveson) (1874)
"A rogue elephant. " Coming events cast their shadows before." An Indian spread.—Lieut.
Wedderburn.—"The Dead Charger."—. News of elephant. ..."
5. Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam: The Record of Seven Years' Residence in the Island by Caroline Corner (1908)
"They fall in with a fakir —Two prophecies : one fulfilled — A rogue- elephant
abroad — Government reward of ^5 offered — Cynthia's resolve—A midnight call ..."
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