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roxanne [rok-san] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun Slang. crack(def 33). Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of roxanne origin uncertain Roxanne [rok-san] noun a female given name. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for roxanne Contemporary Examples of roxanne
Bookseller Roxanne Coady has worried about her son for 21 years.
10 Books for My Son the Graduate
Roxanne Coady
June 5, 2012
Incensed by this, Valerie reacts in kind by doing a sort of quasi-Lambada with her homegirl Roxanne.
Chris Lee
March 11, 2011
It is the inspiration for films like Roxanne, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, and Hitch.
Ben Crair
July 23, 2009
Roxanne suggests that perhaps it is the quietness of much Irish writing that makes it hard to market here.
Mark Salter
March 17, 2009
Surely, as Roxanne also suggests, their publishers need to do a better job of promoting their books here.
Mark Salter
March 17, 2009
Historical Examples of roxanne
I wonder how the boys and girls are going to like Roxanne’s being friends with me.
Maria Thompson Daviess
I went this afternoon, and I believe God sent me and so does Roxanne.
Maria Thompson Daviess
But I’ve got that smile from Roxanne and I’m going to believe it was meant for the real me.
Maria Thompson Daviess
Roxanne saw and heard it all, because she couldn’t help it, from the window.
Maria Thompson Daviess
I was scared and so was Roxanne as we hugged each other as women always do from fright.
Maria Thompson Daviess
Word Origin and History for roxanne Roxanne
fem. proper name, from French, from Latin Roxane, from Greek Rhoxane, of Persian origin (cf. Avestan raoxšna- “shining, bright”). Spelling influenced by Anne.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
