Roque (1 syl.)
. A blunt, feeling old man in the service of Donna Floranthe. (George Colman: The Mountaineers.)
Saint Roque. Patron saint of those who suffer from plague or pestilence: this is because “he worked miracles on the plague-stricken, while he was himself smitten with the same judgment.”
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.