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Rousseau

/ʁu.so/

proper noun/ʁu.so/

a surname; Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genevan philosopher)

Related: rousseauesque, rousseauiser, rousseauisme, rousseauiste, roussisme, roussiste

From rousseau, a nickname for someone with red hair, from roux (“redhead”) + -eau. Cognate to English Russell.