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Robert vs Rosie - What's the difference?

robert | rosie |

As a proper noun robert

is (label) , equivalent to french and english (robert).

As a verb rosie is

.

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

    rosie

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Rose, Rosemary and of other female names related to the rose. Also used as a formal given name.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, informal) A female factory worker during (World War II) (after the 1942 song Rosie the Riveter ).
  • * 2011 , Philip C. DiMare, Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia (volume 1, page 1087)
    • continued oppression and exploitation of women in the workplace 50 years after the Rosies entered wartime factories.

    Anagrams

    * English diminutives of female given names