rosbif

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rosbif

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Borrowed from French rosbif, from English roast beef. Doublet of roast beef.

noun rosbifs

humorous An English person (as viewed by the French). Polidor Graindart, sometime sergeant of the intendant's guard in the days when three golden lilies bloomed on the flagstaff above the De Troit blockhouse, never had forgiven the rosbifs for the conquest of New France.

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"rosbif." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rosbif. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"rosbif." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rosbif.

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@misc{rosbif_2026,
  title = {rosbif},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rosbif},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}