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1999 novel by Emily Prager
Roger Fishbite is a novel by the American writer and journalist Emily Prager, which was published in 1999. The novel was written partly as a literary parody
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1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
become her career." Emily Prager states in the foreword to her novel Roger Fishbite that she wrote it mainly as a literary parody of Vladimir Nabokov's
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American writer (born 1948)
Other Stories, the novels Eve's Tattoo, Clea and Zeus Divorce, and Roger Fishbite, and a memoir, Wuhu Diary. She has been a columnist for the Village
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English and French
English and French : occupational name for a wheelright, from Old French roier, rouwier, rouer, roer.French : from a Germanic personal name composed of hrÅd ‘renown’ + hari, heri ‘army’.Respelling of German Rauer.
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British, English, Jamaican
Son of Roger
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American, British, Christian, English, French, Irish, Swedish
Famous Spearman; Famous Warrior
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English
English : occupational name for a maker or seller of rope, from an agent derivative of Old English rÄp ‘rope’. See also Roop.Variant of French Robert.North German (Röper) : occupational name for a town crier, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German rÅpen ‘to call’.
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Teutonic American English German Shakespearean
Famous fighter.
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English American
Famed spear.
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Marathi, Netherlands, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Famous Warrior; Renowned Spearman; Famous with the Spear; Fame
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Famous Warrior
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English
 Variant spelling of English Roger, RODGER means "famous spear." Compare with another form of Rodger.
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English
English : occupational name for someone who constructed or repaired roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English roof (Old English hrÅf). In the Middle Ages roofs might be thatched with reeds or straw, or covered with tiles, slates, or wooden shingles.German and English : nickname for an unscrupulous individual, from Middle Low German rÅver ‘pirate’, ‘robber’, Middle English rover. The English verb rove ‘to wander’ is probably a back-formation from this, and is not attested before the 16th century, so it is unlikely to lie behind any examples of the surname.German : variant of Röver (see Roever).
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English
English : patronymic from the personal name Roger.Thomas Rogers (c.1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
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Famous fighter.
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English
Maker of rope.
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Swedish
 Swedish form of Old Norse Róðgeirr, RODGER means "famous spear." Compare with another form of Rodger.
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English
Norman English form of Anglo-Saxon Hroðgar, ROGER means "famous spear."Â
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French
French form of Latin Rogerius, ROGIER means "famous spear."Â
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British, English
Roger the Clumsy
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German
German : topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew (see Rose 1), with the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.German (Röser) : habitational name from places called Rös, Roes, or Rösa in Bavaria, Rhineland, and Saxony, or a variant of Rosser.Swiss German (Röser) : from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on hrÅd ‘renown’.English : unexplained.
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English
Wanderer.
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German and Swiss German (Römer)
German and Swiss German (Römer) : see Roemer.English, Dutch, and German : regional or ethnic name for a Roman or more generally for an Italian.English and Dutch : nickname for a pilgrim, someone who has traveled to Rome (see Romero).German : from the Germanic personal name Hrotmar, composed of hrÅd ‘renown’ + mÄri ‘fame’.
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English
(Λυδία) Greek name LYDIA means "of Lydia." In the bible, this is the name of a woman who was converted to Christianity by Paul.
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Sender
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Cheerful
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Teutonic German
Glorified battle maiden.
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Muslim
Warrior, A companion, One on expedition, To conquer
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English
English : from a Middle English personal name, either a reduced pet form of Jacob or the older personal name Cutebald, Cubald, a survival of Old English Cū{dh}beald, composed of the elements cū{dh} ‘famous’, ‘well-known’ + beald ‘bold’, ‘brave’.
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Princess
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Indian
A prophets name
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Hindu, Indian
Ringing of Payal
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Muslim
Concerning, Monarchy
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n.
A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.
v. i.
One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
v. t.
The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
n.
A rosier; a rosebush.
v. i.
One who wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
v. i.
A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
n.
A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
v. i.
Hence, a fickle, inconstant person.
n.
One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.
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An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
v.
A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.
n.
One fit to be hanged.
n.
One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
n.
One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
v. i.
Casual marks at uncertain distances.
n.
A maker of ropes.
n.
One who ropes goods; a packer.
v. i.
A sort of arrow.
n.
One who rows with an oar.