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droid | robert |

As a noun droid

is a robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.

As a proper noun Robert is

a given name derived from Germanic.

droid

English

(wikipedia droid)

Alternative forms

* 'droid

Noun

(en noun)
  • A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1952 , date = July , first = Mari , last = Wolf , authorlink = , title = Robots of the World! Arise! , url = http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31611 , magazine = , volume = 1 , issue = 3 , page = 76 , passage = It's crazy. They're swarming all over Carron City. They're stopping robots in the streets—household Robs, commercial Droids , all of them. They just look at them, and then the others quit work and start off with them. }}
  • * 1976 , , Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker , New York: Ballantine Books, p 77:
    • “These aren’t the ’droids you’re looking for,” Kenobi told him pleasantly.
  • * 1995 , J. D. Robb, Glory in Death , page 39:
    • The bartender was a droid , as most were, but she doubted this one had been programmed to listen cheerfully to customers' hard luck stories.

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    * (English Citations of "droid")

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    References

    * * English terms derived from fiction

    robert

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * : Act I, Scene I:
    • My brother Robert'? Old Sir ' Robert' s son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?
  • * 1984 , Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir , Mariner Books, 2005, ISBN 0618509631, page 93
    • I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert' Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the '''Robert''' came from me because I liked the sound. '''Robert''' was formal, dignified, important. ' Robert . And that was nearly as nice as as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.

    • Usage notes

    * One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest.

    Related terms

    * pet forms: Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie (Scotland), Rob, Robbie, Robby * variants: Robin, Rupert * feminine forms: Roberta, Robin, Robyn (surnames) * Dabb * Dabbs * Dabinett * Dabson * Dobb * Dobbie * Dobbin * Dobbing * Dobbins * Dobbinson * Dobbs * Dobby * Dobbyn * Dobie * Dobing * Dobinson * Dobkin * Dobson * Dopson * Hob * Hobb * Hobbes * Hobbins * Hobbis * Hobbs * Hoblyn * Hobson * Hopkin * Hopkins * Hopkinson * Hopson * Nobb * Nobbs * Nobes * Probert * Probin * Probyn * Rab * Rabb * Rabbitt * Rabson * Rapson * Rob * Robarts * Robb * Robbens * Robbie * Robbin * Robbins * Robbs * Roberson * Roberts * Robertson * Robeson * Robey * Robin * Robins * Robinson * Robison * Roblett * Roblin * Robson * Roby