■ noun
1》 a dishonest or unprincipled man.
↘a mischievous but likeable person.
2》 [usu. as modifier ] an elephant or other large wild animal with destructive tendencies driven away or living apart from the herd: a ~ elephant.
↘a person or thing that is defective, aberrant, or unpredictable.
↘a seedling or plant deviating from the standard variety.
■ verb remove ~ plants or seedlings from (a crop).
Derivatives
~ry noun ( plural ~ries ).
Origin
C16 (denoting an idle vagrant): prob. from L. rogare 'beg, ask', and related to obs. sl. roger 'vagrant beggar'.