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Roe Richard

Webster's Dictionary

A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or proceeding. Other names were formerly similarly used, as John-a-Nokes, John o', or of the, Nokes, or Noakes, John-a-Stiles, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Roe Richard'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/roe-richard.html. 1828.