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. Edward Everett:

   Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace, or after ages of conflict and war; but come it will, and abide it will, so long as the principles by which it was acquired are held sacred.

2. Brett Kavanaugh:

   I don't think we want judges commenting on the latest political controversy, because that would ultimately lead the people to doubt whether we're independent or whether we're politicians in robes, and so maintaining that strict independence of the judiciary requires me, I think, to avoid commenting on any current events.

3. Anna Wintour:

   My very favorite was Father James Martin, he’s a Jesuit priest who was advising us on the exhibition, and he came in his appropriate robes and apparently all night people were coming up to him and saying, ‘I really like that you came as a sexy priest and you look so authentic.’ That was my favorite.

4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

   Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and meagre faces; but man, in the ideal, is so noble and so sparkling, such a grand and glowing creature, that over any ignominious blemish in him all his fellows should run to throw their costliest robes.

5. Osmond Chan:

   Cheongsam means long robe in Cantonese and actually only became a common woman's wear after the May Fourth Movement( 1919), or the New Culture Movement, women started wearing men's long robes as a feminist statement and trend during that anti-Qing era.

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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