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Rupert

Pronunciation: /ˈɹupɚt/

The English word “Rupert” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Ohio.

noun

  1. A junior army officer.

adjective

  1. Having or relating to the property of being able to pass through a copy of itself.

Etymology

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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