roberts Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
   Richard J. Roberts; Richard John Roberts.
   
2. noun United States evangelist (born 1918)
   Oral Roberts.
   
3. noun United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
   Kenneth Roberts.
   
4. noun a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
   Bartholomew Roberts.
   
5. noun United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
   Henry Martyn Robert; Robert; Henry M. Robert.
   

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