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Rupert

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Ru·pert  (rprt), Prince 1619-1682.
German-born English military and political leader who was the dominant Royalist figure during the English Civil War.
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(Biographies / Rupert, Prince (1619-1682) M, Englishnational of birth: German, MILITARY: general, MILITARY: naval commander) Prince. 1619-82, German-born nephew of Charles I: Royalist general during the Civil War (until 1646) and commander of the Royalist fleet (1648-50). After the Restoration he was an admiral of the English fleet in wars against the Dutch
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(Military) Military derogatory slang a junior army officer
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Noun1.RupertRupert - English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)
Prince Rupert


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It was wrapped in a sheet of letter paper bearing the name of Rupert Bartine, his only son, my grandfather.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
After I left you yesterday evening, Harry, I dressed, had some dinner at that little Italian restaurant in Rupert Street you introduced me to, and went down at eight o'clock to the theatre.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
My father he run his packet, an' she was a kind o' pinkey, abaout fifty ton, I guess, - the Rupert, - he run her over to Greenland's icy mountains the year ha'af our fleet was tryin' after cod there.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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