Robin Hood

noun

Rob·​in Hood ˈrä-bən-ˌhu̇d How to pronounce Robin Hood (audio)
: a person or group likened to a heroic outlaw
especially : one that robs the rich and gives to the poor

Examples of Robin Hood in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Soon, Wallis was managing essential Warner films such as Little Caesar (1931), The Petrified Forest (1936), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1937), Dark Victory (1939), Sergeant York (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), and, of course, Casablanca (1942). Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024 Outside of Curb, Anything But Love, and films like Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Leaving Las Vegas, Lewis was a beloved comedian. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024 Lewis also delivered scene-stealing supporting turns in numerous films, such as Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Leaving Las Vegas. Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024 Twenty-three percent of the city’s residents were unable to afford basic necessities like housing and food, according to a new report by a research group at Columbia University and Robin Hood, a large philanthropic organization. Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 Eric Allan Kramer appeared in several films throughout the ‘90s and early 2000s, including Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) as Little John, True Romance (1993), and American Wedding (2003), the third movie of the American Pie franchise. EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023 Robin and her mouse family have to enter the human world to find food, and the spirit in which this is done evokes another fictional character: Robin Hood. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024 The Robin Hood Foundation, the anti-poverty group that has long been one of Wall Street’s preferred charities, has focused much of its recent advocacy on the city’s lack of affordable child care and announced $3 million in grants to the Mayor’s Fund last year to help families access care. Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024 The tree, which was apparently felled overnight, was one of the U.K.'s most photographed, and appeared in the 1991 Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Robin Hood, legendary English outlaw who gave to the poor what he stole from the rich

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Robin Hood was in the 15th century

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“Robin Hood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Robin%20Hood. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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