Rose — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A female given name from Germanic.

   Examples

   Celia: Therefore, my sweet Rose, my dear Rose, be merry. Rosalind. From henceforth I will, coz, and devise sports.

   Sentiment hallows the vowels of Delia; /Sweet simplicity breathes from Rose;

   More examples (3)

   An aunt had arrived and her name was Rose and you could hear her voice clarion clear above the others, and you could imagine her warm and huge as a hothouse rose, exactly like her name, filling any room she sat in.

   Rose Ducton. Rosie Ducton. Philippa Rose Palfrey. A row of books with Rose Ducton on the spine. - - - Rose. It didn't even suit her. It was a name in a catalogue: Peace, Scarlet Wonder, Albertine. She had thought that she had got used to the knowledge that nothing about her was real, not even her name.

   Rose Wyckoff holds up three kittens August 10 in a Redding neighborhood that has been destroyed by the Carr Fire.

2. A surname from Middle English.

   Examples

   While recording, Rose said, a female passerby “encouraged her to speak with Nicholas, so she...rang his front doorbell.”

3. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Rock County, Nebraska.

4. A number of places in the United States: A town and hamlet therein, in Wayne County, New York.

5. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Mayes County, Oklahoma.

6. A number of places in the United States: A town in Waushara County, Wisconsin.

7. A number of places in the United States: A number of townships, including in Illinois, Michigan (2), Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Rose Township.

8. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

9. A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7754).

Noun

1. A regional contestant in the annual Rose of Tralee contest.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • Informal

2. The winner of that year's contest.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • Informal