Source : WordNet®

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