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Rufus is the eponymous debut album by American R&B and funk band Rufus , released on the ABC Records label in 1973 fronted by singers Chaka Khan and Ron Stockert. The album is notable for an upbeat rock / soul sound that would be replaced by a more heavy ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masc. proper name, literally "red-haired," from Latin rufus (see rufous ).
Usage examples of rufus.
Gaius Marius received a letter from Publius Rutilius Rufus, long delayed en route by a series of appalling storms.
Rufus raised his head blearily to the sounds briefly and went back to sleep.
The other was the telegram that Rufus Fant had received, presumably from Roderick.
The greatest service that any one could have done Rufus Fant was that of murdering Roderick Talroy.
Rufus Galder, tall, portly and genial, was talking to two guests when a servant approached and spoke in a low tone.
The man who had spoken to Jorn was the fiend who had murdered Lewis Lemand and Rufus Moreland.
Pulling his toga over his head to hide this unmanliness, Drusus wept as if his life was over, while Marius and Rutilius Rufus drew close to him and tried to soothe him, mumbling awkwardly, patting him on the back, clucking and shushing.
Rufus is the oldest and Clem is the youngest and Vem, the one you killed, was the middle one.
Paul Veyne, as we have noted, have recently downplayed these differences and have pointed out that philosophical moralists such as Musonius Rufus and Plutarch advocated similar moral practices.
Rufus in particular loved to work the Astrolabe, when it was not in use, and he has also learned, much to my Astonishment, quite a Lot of the Mathematical Calculation necessary for plotting the Orbits of Stars and Planets.
Messala Rufus tried to cast the lots to see which of the patrician prefects of each decury of ten senators would become the first Interrex, Bursa vetoed.
Curio, Antony, Plancus Bursa, Pompeius Rufus, Decimus Brutus, Poplicola and Sextus Cloelius.
The best speaker of the three was Sallust, who followed the rousing speeches of Bursa and Pompeius Rufus with an even better one.
The moment Plancus Bursa and Pompeius Rufus are out of office as tribunes of the plebs, we intend to prosecute them for inciting violence.
Rufus Atkins stood among the trees, with two other officers, his head nodding, his gloves pulled tautly through his belt, while Colonel Alfred Mouton moved his index finger on a map that was spread across his wrist and forearm.