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noun
- Robert,1778–1803, Irish patriot.
- a male given name.
noun
- British an archaic or dialect word for ant
- Cornish dialect a tourist or holiday-maker
noun
- Robert. 1778–1803, Irish nationalist, executed for leading an uprising for Irish independence
“ant,” from Old English æmete (see ant), surviving as a dialect word in parts of England; also, in Cornwall, a colloquial name for holiday tourists.