Rupert
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Rupert
- /ˈɹupɚt/ US
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages. A St Oswald's boy can pass off a name like Orlando, can make it sound like peppermint. Even Rupert sounds somehow cool when attached to a navy-blue St Oswald's blazer.
- A city, the county seat of Minidoka County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- A town in Vermont.
- A town in West Virginia.
noun Ruperts
- A junior army officer.
adjective
- Having or relating to the property of being able to pass through a copy of itself. A concise way to express that a polyhedron is Rupert is to find two orientations Q and Q of that polyhedron so that π(Q) fits inside π(Q) […] impact the shape of π(Q) are those lying on P, so if P is locally Rupert, Q should be as well. […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: prince rupert, robert, cornelius, george, fox, bay, prince, ruprecht, robb, robbie, robby, bob, rob, roberto, rupie, rupe
Talk about this word "Rupert." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rupert. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Rupert. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rupert "Rupert." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rupert.Cite this
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