Raffles (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun (often initial capital letter)
  1. a gentlemanly burglar, amateur housebreaker, or the like.
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  1. English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
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  1. Sir Thomas Stamford . 1781–1826, British colonial administrator: founded Singapore (1819) as a station for the British East India Company
Raffles (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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