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Rupert

ru·pert

US/ˈɹupɚt/ fairly common slang uk

noun

1.

English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)

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Origin

A German name, brought to England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the seventeenth century. Doublet of Robert. The geometry sense is also a reference to Prince Rupert, who posed the question of whether a cube could be passed through a hole made in another cube of the same size.

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  • Prince Rupert

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