English Explanatory Dictionary

roscoe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A handgun, particularly a revolver.
name
  1. A surname from Old Norse.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A hamlet and census-designated place in Sullivan County, New York, United States, named after Senator Roscoe Conkling.

Pronunciation

En-au-roscoe.ogg

Word forms

roscoe roscoes Rosco Roscow

Etymology

Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe. Attested from the 1910s.

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