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robin hood

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Robin Hoodnoun

   legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Robin Hoodnoun

   A criminal with similar social tendencies.

2. Robin Hoodnoun

   A legendary English outlaw famous for his skill in archery and his vow to defend the poor and the oppressed against established authority.

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1. Robin Hood

   Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and in modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands taken by the Sheriff. In the oldest known versions, he is instead a member of the yeoman class. Traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green, he is said to have robbed from the rich and given to the poor. Through retellings, additions, and variations, a body of familiar characters associated with Robin Hood has been created. These include his lover, Maid Marian; his band of outlaws, the Merry Men; and his chief opponent, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The Sheriff is often depicted as assisting Prince John in usurping the rightful but absent King Richard, to whom Robin Hood remains loyal. His partisanship of the common people and his hostility to the Sheriff of Nottingham are early recorded features of the legend, but his interest in the rightfulness of the king is not, and neither is his setting in the reign of Richard I. He became a popular folk figure in the Late Middle Ages. The earliest known ballads featuring him are from the 15th century. There have been numerous variations and adaptations of the story over the subsequent years, and the story continues to be widely represented in literature, film, and television. Robin Hood is considered one of the best-known tales of English folklore. In popular culture, the term "Robin Hood" is often used to describe a heroic outlaw or rebel against tyranny. The origins of the legend as well as the historical context have been debated for centuries. There are numerous references to historical figures with similar names that have been proposed as possible evidence of his existence, some dating back to the late 13th century. At least eight plausible origins to the story have been mooted by historians and folklorists, including suggestions that "Robin Hood" was a stock alias used by or in reference to bandits.

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1. robin hood

   Robin Hood is a legendary character in English folklore, typically depicted as a skilled archer and swordsman who, along with his band of Merry Men, is known for robbing the rich to give to the poor. The character is said to inhabit Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire and constantly outwits the oppressive Sheriff of Nottingham. Different iterations of the Robin Hood legend have appeared in various books, plays, and films throughout the centuries.

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1. Robin Hood

   Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore, a highly skilled archer and swordsman. Although not part of his original character, since the beginning of the 19th century he has become known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes. The origin of the legend is claimed by some to have stemmed from actual outlaws, or from ballads or tales of outlaws. Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the medieval period continuing through to modern literature, films and television. In the earliest sources, Robin Hood is a yeoman, but he was often later portrayed as an aristocrat wrongfully dispossessed of his lands and made into an outlaw by an unscrupulous sheriff.

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1. Robin Hood

   a famous outlaw who, with his companions, held court in Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, and whose exploits form the subject of many an old English ballad and tale. He was a robber, but it was the rich he plundered and not the poor, and he was as zealous in the protection of the weak as any Knight of the Round Table; he was an expert in the use of the bow and the quarter-staff (q. v.), and he and his men led a merry life together.

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1. robin hood

   Read the full text of the Robin Hood poem by John Keats on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Robin Hood

   The proper name of this renowned leader of the Sherwood Foresters was Robert Fitzooth. The first he euphonised into Robin and the second into Hood, leaving out the Fitz, which is Norman for “son,” altogether, since having been declared an outlaw, he was not unwilling to renounce his claims to Norman descent. Whether or not he was really Earl of Huntingdon, as some historians assert, cannot be proved.

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1. Robin Hood

   A fine robber of merry England who took from the rich and gave to the poor, and made crackerjack material for stories.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of robin hood in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of robin hood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of robin hood in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Say whatever you want, he didn't report his bank loans... And then he acts like Robin Hood. Say whatever you want..

2. Tom Jennings:

   I believe [ the SLA ] saw themselves as kind of a modern-day Robin Hood organization where they are literally going to rob from the rich to give to the poor, their original demand was 70 dollars of groceries for every person on welfare in the state of California in 1974. And somebody ran the math and said, ‘ Well, that’s 400 million dollars. ’ Even for someone like Patty Hearst, that’s not an amount he could come up with. He came up with the first $ 2 million and they demanded more … This demand of food for the people, that’s when Patty started to turn in her tapes … It’s in my opinion they were trying to make a point … The point was you’re rich, many people are poor. They deserve to have a decent quality of life. And you’re the one who’s going to pay for that by giving them food.

3. Jeff Lenard:

   There is no Robin Hood in this, these are thieves. They are not robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. The gas station owner is the least responsible for high prices. The cost of theft gets passed on in higher prices, and when people are driving around with unsecured stolen fuel, it is a concern to anybody.

4. William Powell:

   I am the modern-day Robin Hood, i am not stealing, I am serving the ones in need. I take from the rich and give to the poor.

5. Mario Alfonso Valenzuela:

   As a government we don't depend on him, not the government nor the population, sure, there's a chain (of people) who depend on his businesses, but he's no Robin Hood.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=robin hood
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Robin_Hood
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=robin hood
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#RobinHood
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=robin hood
8. ^ Who Was Who?
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/984/pg984-images.html#:~:text=robin hood