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Rogue (vagrant)

A dishonest or wandering person without a fixed home or work.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
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Roguelike

A genre of video games with procedurally generated dungeons and permanent death, named after the 1980 game Rogue.

First in use: c. 1980

Rogue / Rogue (vagrant) / Roguelike

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One 1980 dungeon game named a whole genre.

Which meaning of Rogue is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Rogue (vagrant) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Roguelike arrived in 1980. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Rogue (vagrant)

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