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A male given name transferred from the surname
A matronymic surname derived from the medieval Germanic given name Rose
{i} male first name; family name; Sir Henry Royce (1863-1933), English car manufacturer who was the cofounder of the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company (together with Charles Stewart Rolls); Josiah Royce (1855-1916), Unites States idealist philosopher who was a supporter of absolute idealism

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Rolls-Royce
(Chiefly British, Informal) anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible
Rolls-Royce
any of several British companies that make motor cars, aero engines etc
Rolls Royce
{i} trademark of a luxurious car registered 1908
Rolls-Royce Limited
{i} British car manufacturing firm founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906
Rolls-Royce PLC
British manufacturer of aircraft engines and propulsion and power systems and, for much of the 20th century, a maker of luxury automobiles. Charles S. Rolls, a pioneer motorist and aviator, and Henry Royce, an engineer and carmaker, incorporated Rolls-Royce Ltd. in 1906. The firm's handsome, immaculately engineered cars included the Silver Ghost (introduced 1906 as "40/50 hp" model), a series of Phantoms (1925), the Silver Dawn (1949), Silver Cloud (1955), Silver Shadow (1965), and Silver Seraph (1998). In 1931 Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley Motors Ltd., another maker of fine cars. Rolls-Royce also developed a series of notable piston and jet aircraft engines, beginning with the Eagle (1914); eventually its turbine-engine operations accounted for the largest part of its sales. A fixed-price contract with Lockheed Aircraft (see Lockheed Martin Corp.) to produce an engine for its L-1011 TriStar jetliner drove Rolls-Royce into bankruptcy in 1971. It was split into two companies: its jet-engine division was taken over by the British government and later privatized as Rolls-Royce PLC, while its automobile operations were restructured into Rolls-Royce Motor Holdings Ltd. and privatized. The latter was acquired in 1980 by Vickers Ltd., which sold it to Volkswagen AG in 1998 as part of a novel agreement in which BMW AG would take over the manufacture of cars with the Rolls-Royce name in 2003, while Volkswagen retained the Bentley line
Frederick Henry Royce
{i} Sir Henry Royce, Henry Royce (1863-1933), English car manufacturer who was the cofounder of the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company (together with Charles Stewart Rolls)
Henry Royce
{i} Sir Henry Royce, Frederick Henry Royce (1863-1933), English car manufacturer who was the cofounder of the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company (together with Charles Stewart Rolls)
Josiah Royce
born Nov. 20, 1855, Grass Valley, Calif., U.S. died Sept. 14, 1916, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. philosopher. He studied under William James and Charles Sanders Peirce at Johns Hopkins University. After teaching English at the University of California for four years, he accepted a position at Harvard University (1882), where he remained until his death. An absolute idealist in the Hegelian tradition, he stressed the unity of human thought with the external world. His idealism also extended to religion, the basis of which he conceived to be human loyalty. In his words, the highest good would be achieved by "the willing and practical and thoroughgoing devotion of a person to a cause." A diverse thinker, he also made contributions to psychology, social ethics, literary criticism, history, and metaphysics. His many books include The Religious Aspect of Philosophy (1885), The Spirit of Modern Philosophy (1892), Studies of Good and Evil (1898), The World and the Individual (1900-01), and The Philosophy of Loyalty (1908). His emphasis on individuality and will over intellect strongly influenced 20th-century American philosophy
Josiah Royce
{i} (1855-1916) Unites States idealist philosopher who was a supporter of absolute idealism
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