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roque
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roque \Roque\ (r[=o]k), n. [Abbr. fr. Croquet.] A form of croquet modified for greater accuracy of play. The court has a wood border often faced with rubber, used as a cushion in bank shots. The balls are 31/4 in. in diameter, the cage (center arches or wickets) 33/8 in. wide, the other arches 31/2 in. wide.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1899, "arbitrary alteration of croquet" [OED].
Wiktionary
n. (lb en US) a form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface
Wikipedia
Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard, smooth surface. Popular in the first quarter of the 20th century and billed "the Game of the Century" by its enthusiasts, it was an Olympic sport in the 1904 Summer Games, replacing croquet from the previous games.
''' Marcelo José Ribeiro ''' (born on 16 April 1973), commonly known as ''' Roque ''', is a former Brazilian footballer.
Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard smooth surface.
Roque may also refer to:
- Roque (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
- Roque (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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, a Camano-class cargo ship constructed for the U.S. Army
Roque is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
- Roque (footballer) (born 1973), Brazilian football player
- Roque Alfaro (born 1956), Argentine football player and manager
- Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez (1928–2009), Dominican Republic Roman Catholic bishop
- Roque Avallay (born 1945), Argentine football player
- Roque Balduque (died 1561), Spanish sculptor and maker of altarpieces
- Roque Cordero (1917–2008), Panamanian-American composer
- Roque Dalton (1935–1975), Salvadoran poet
- Roque de la Cruz (1580–1644), Irish Dominican prelate and Tridentine reformist
- Roque De La Fuente Guerra (born 1954), American businessman and 2016 presidential candidate
- Roque Esteban Scarpa (1914-1995), Chilean writer, literary critic and scholar
- Roque Estrada Reynoso (born 1883), Mexican lawyer, journalist and writer
- Roque Fernández (born 1947), Argentine economist and politician
- Roque Funes (1897-1981), Argentine cinematographer
- Roque González Garza (1885-1962), Mexican general and politician
- Roque Júnior (born 1976), Brazilian football player
- Roque Máspoli (1917-2004), Uruguayan football player and coach
- Roque Olsen (1925-1992), Argentine football player and manager
- Roque Pinto, Indian doctor
- Roque Ponce (late 17th century), Spanish painter
- Roque Ruaño (1877–1935), Spanish priest-civil engineer
- Roque Sáenz Peña (1851–1914), Argentine politician
- Roque Santa Cruz (born 1981), Paraguayan football player
- Dom Roque Tello de Menezes, Portuguese nobleman
- Roque Vallejos (1943-2006), Paraguayan poet, psychiatrist and essayist
Roque is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
- Ademir Roque Kaefer (born 1960), Brazilian football player
- Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844-1907), French philologist.
- Ana Roque de Duprey (1853–1933), Puerto Rican educator and suffragist
- Bruno Roque de Sousa (born 1989), Brazilian football player
- Carlos Roque (1936–2006), Portuguese comics artist
- Christine Roque (born 1965) French singer
- Felipe Pérez Roque (born 1965), Cuban politician
- Frank Roque (born 1959), American convicted murderer
- Hélio Roque (born 1985), Portuguese football player
- Horácio Roque (1944–2010), Portuguese financier and businessman
- Humbert Roque Versace (1937–1965), American soldier
- Humberto Roque Villanueva (born 1943), Mexican politician
- Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira (1784–1850), Portuguese sailor
- Jacqueline Roque (1927–1986), French model
- Joao Roque (born 1971), Angolan mixed martial arts fighter
- Juan Roque (born 1974), American football player
- Maicon Pereira Roque (born 1988), Brazilian football player
- Mariano Roque Alonzo (died 1853), Paraguayan politician
- Marta Beatriz Roque (born 1945), Cuban political dissident
- Miki Roque (born 1988), Spanish football player
- Nuno Roque (born 1987), Portuguese actor and singer
- Rafael Roque (born 1972), Dominican baseball player
- Randolph Roque Calvo, American Roman Catholic bishop
Usage examples of "roque".
Mademoiselle La Roque, who was sitting by the side of the bed attending earnestly to this discourse, wept as he reverted to the danger of his situation.
La Roque, who instantly recognized a long lost friend disguised under the habit of a Carthusian, rushed into his arms.
Roque, our mistress is faster than a falcon, and she could teach the most skilled Cordoban or Mexican how to ride!
It is curious that more vividly than anything that came afterwards in the Spanish war I remember the week of so-called training that we received before being sent to the front -- the huge cavalry barracks in Barcelona with its draughty stables and cobbled yards, the icy cold of the pump where one washed, the filthy meals made tolerable by pannikins of wine, the trousered militia-women chopping firewood, and the roll-call in the early mornings where my prosaic English name made a sort of comic interlude among the resounding Spanish ones, Manuel Gonzalez, Pedro Aguilar, Ramon Fenellosa, Roque Ballaster, Jaime Domenech, Sebastian Viltron, Ramon Nuvo Bosch.
It is curious that more vividly than anything that came afterwards in the Spanish war I remember the week of so-called training that we received before being sent to the front -- the huge cavalry barracks in Barcelona with its draughty stables and cobbled yards, the icy cold of the pump where one washed, the filthy meals made tolerable by pannikins of wine, the trousered militia-women chopping firewood, and the roll-call in the early mornings where my prosaic English name made a sort of comic interlude among the resounding Spanish ones, Manuel Gonzalez, Pedro Aguilar, Ramon Fenellosa, Roque Ballaster, Jaime Domenech, Sebastian Viltron, Ramon Nuvo Bosch.
Some sails on the horizon, doubtless those going to San Roque in search of favorable winds for doubling the Cape of Good Hope.
In Maine's Jonesport area a cutter checks Sawyers Cove, Roque Harbor, Black Cove, Moose Peak Light, Chandler and Englishman Bay, Little Machias Bay, Machias Bay East Side, Machias Bay West Side, and Mistaken Harbor, all without success.
De Roque probably removed his shoes and stood on the rubber ice-bag while he opened the safe and took out the bonds and papers Simpson had so accurately described.
The police can establish his connection with the telephone message to Miss Richmond, the booking of the two passages under the name of Morris, and the place where he and De Roque met while the fake Mrs.
Some sails on the horizon, doubtless those going to San Roque in search of favourable winds for doubling the Cape of Good Hope.