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rog⋅er
[roj-er] 
–interjection
| 1. | Informal. all right; O.K. |
| 2. | message received and understood (a response to radio communications). |
| 3. | (often initial capital letter ) Jolly Roger. |
| 4. | (formerly used in communications to represent the letter R.) |
Origin:
from the name Roger; in def. 2 repr. r(eceived)
from the name Roger; in def. 2 repr. r(eceived)
Rog⋅er
[roj-er] –noun
| a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.” |
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| rog·er (rŏj'ər) interj. Used especially in radio communications to indicate receipt of a message. tr.v. rog·ered, rog·er·ing, rog·ers Chiefly British Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with (a woman). Used of a man. [From Roger, spoken representation of the letter r, short for received. V., from Roger, penis, from the name Roger.] |
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Roger
Rog"er\, n. [From a proper name Roger.] A black flag with white skull and crossbones, formerly used by pirates; -- called also Jolly Roger.
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Roger
masc. proper name, from O.Fr. Rogier, from O.H.G. Hrotger, lit. "famous with the spear," from hruod- "fame, glory" + ger "spear." As a generic name for "a person," attested from 1631. Slang meaning "penis" was popular c.1650-c.1870; hence the slang verb sense of "to copulate with (a woman)," attested from 1711. The use of the word in radio communication to mean "yes, I understand" is attested from 1941, from the U.S. military phonetic alphabet word for the letter -R-, in this case an abbreviation for "received." Said to have been used by the R.A.F. since 1938. The Jolly Roger pirate flag is first attested 1723, of unknown origin; jolly here has its otherwise obs. M.E. sense "high-hearted, gallant."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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