Roget
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- proper noun
- /roʊˈʒeɪ/
- The pitchman said that there was a book in the deal called Roget's Thesaurus, which provided lists of synonyms.
- Roget's Thesaurus
- Peter Roget
- Dr. Roget
Examples
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But Lieutenant Roget killed Lejeune on that patrol... and then blackmailed me into keeping quiet about the whole thing!
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Dr. Roget calls it a motor nerve reflex, but no one really knows why he does it.
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"Oh, so you do speak," Roget said from the front seat, turning to look at me.
Fiction book (2001) -
It was Officer Roget, the town sheriff, who had called the other day to speak to my mother.
Fiction book (2001) -
Roget was also interested in language, and the thesaurus is named after him.
Academic text (2009) -
Matron Cassidy's usually in her office till about eight, and Dr. Roget often works later.
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He immediately ran afoul of the Society's very influential secretary, Peter Mark Roget, who had been elected for his invention of the logarithmic slide rule.
Academic text (2009) -
Many students rely on Roget's Thesaurus to find synonyms and improve their writing.
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Peter Mark Roget is famous for compiling the Thesaurus that bears his name.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Roget comes from Peter Mark Roget, an English doctor who made the famous book 'Roget's Thesaurus' that groups words by meaning. So when people say Roget, they often mean that book or any list of 'synonyms', which are words with similar meanings.