roberts meaning and definition

ROBERTS noun

Definition of Roberts (noun)

1. United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
   • synonyms: Richard J. Roberts, Richard John Roberts
2. United States evangelist (born 1918)
   • synonyms: Oral Roberts
3. United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)
   • synonyms: Kenneth Roberts
4. a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)
   • synonyms: Bartholomew Roberts