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Roberts

ro·berts

US/ˈrɑbɜrts/ fairly common

noun

1.

United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)

2.

United States evangelist (born 1918)

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3.

United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)

4.

a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)

Origin

From Robert + -s.

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