Meaning

An infamous or particularly egregious rogue..

Definitions by Sense

1. An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
2. The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.

Example Sentences

That Menaboju, he certainly is the greatest archrogue in the whole wide world.

All the bumbling and ineffectual attempts of the animals to subdue the archrogue Reinaert add up to a strong impression that the epic was composed in this 13th-century form for the enjoyment of the newly confident 'middle' class of the Flemish cities.

Odysseus was wily, cunning, and adaptable, a grandson of the archrogue Autolycus and favored by Athena for his intelligence.

The Whelp lighed on a pirate at Milford Haven, who had newly opened shop and seized upon a Plymouth bark in Youghal harbour. He was trading for powder and muskets with some knaves on shore; but his market was marred, and four of the principals delivered up to justice. The archrogue's name is Gosman.

During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries master thieves entrusted with the education of novices were well known in England, France, and Italy, and were archrogues in the various associations of beggars and vagabonds.

In addition to his business enterprises I have already mentioned, he is also in the business of being a physician and, so I am told, the business of being an archrogue.

Word Forms

• archrogues
• arch-rogue
• arch rogue

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When Should You Use Archrogue?

Use archrogue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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