roger
ROJ-er/ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/UKROJ-uh/ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/
Noun pluralrogers
Formsrogers, rogering, rogered
Pluralrogers
- 1Said over a radio to show that you got a message and understood it.
“Come back to the camp now,” said the voice on the radio. “Roger,” Sam answered.
“Roger, we're on our way,” the captain said into the radio.
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- 2To answer a radio message by saying “roger” to show you got it.
The pilot rogered the new instructions and turned left.
Please roger my last message so I know you heard it.
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Origins
Meanings 1–2
From the name Roger, which the military used to say the letter R when spelling words. R stood for “received”, meaning “I got your message”.
Meanings 3–5
Possibly from Old High German Hrotger, through Shelta.