Rutgers

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Rutgers

/ˈrʌtɡərz/

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Dutch patronymic surname from the given name Rutger, the same as Roger and Rodgarus.

proper noun Rutgerses

An American surname from Dutch.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Rutgers University Similarly, Rutgers professor Brittney Cooper, who was caught on video in a violent and racist rant against white Americans as the blowback to Critical Race Theory was intensifying in 2021, said that she believes “white people are committed to being villains in the aggregate.”¹⁶ Cooper went on to poi

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Closest in meaning: camden, rogers, rodgers, the, newark, princeton, rhett, rutman, rutten, rossum, rutigliano, ruger, rutland, rietveld, ruiter, van ryn

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@misc{rutgers_2026,
  title = {Rutgers},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rutgers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}