Definitions for Robes
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1. robes

   A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. Unlike garments described as capes or cloaks, robes usually have sleeves. The English word robe derives from Middle English robe ("garment"), borrowed from Old French robe ("booty, spoils"), itself taken from the Frankish word *rouba ("spoils, things stolen, clothes"), and is related to the word rob.

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1. ROBES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Robes is ranked #105600 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Robes surname appeared 169 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Robes.
   
   42.6% or 72 total occurrences were White.
   28.9% or 49 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   26% or 44 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for Robes »

1. Boers

2. bores

3. Brose

4. brose

5. sober

How to pronounce Robes?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Robes in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Robes in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Robes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Robes in a Sentence

1. James Arthur Baldwin:

   Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self, in which case, it is best that the garment be loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which one's nakedness can always be felt, and, sometimes, discerned. This trust in one's nakedness is all that gives one the power to change one's robes.

2. Barbara Tuchman:

   Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

3. Carlos Garciavelez:

   This collection centers on the idea of a nomad going to the thermal baths in Switzerland, so, it's the idea of the explorer going to a spa ... of dressing and undressing. So we have a lot of kind of robes that are mixed in and out as outerwear.

4. The Hitopadesa:

   Shall He to thee His aid refuse Who clothes the swan in dazzling white, Who robes in green the parrot bright, The peacocks decks in rainbow hues?*

5. Stephen Breyer:

   If the public sees judges as politicians in robes, its confidence in the courts and in the rule of law can only diminish, diminishing the court's power, including its power to act as a check on other branches, that authority, like the rule of law, depends on trust... that the court is guided by legal principle, not politics.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robes
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html