English noun: Roberts | |||
| 1. | Roberts (person) United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943) | ||
| Synonyms | Richard J. Roberts, Richard John Roberts | ||
| Instance hypernym | chemist | ||
| 2. | Roberts (person) United States evangelist (born 1918) | ||
| Synonyms | Oral Roberts | ||
| Instance hypernym | evangelist, gospeler, gospeller, revivalist | ||
| 3. | Roberts (person) United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957) | ||
| Synonyms | Kenneth Roberts | ||
| Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
| 4. | Roberts (person) a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) | ||
| Synonyms | Bartholomew Roberts | ||
| Instance hypernym | buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover | ||