Dictionary Definition
rosebud
Noun
1 the bud of a rose
2 (a literary reference to) a pretty young
girl
User Contributed Dictionary
English
References
- Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, 1984
Extensive Definition
Arts
- A plot device in the film Citizen Kane, and several related things.
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- Rosebud (The Simpsons), an episode of the television comedy The Simpsons, parodying Citizen Kane
- Rosebud (film), the name of several films including a 1975 film directed by Otto Preminger
- Rosebud (jazz band), with Jay Clifford as the lead singer
- Rosebud (studio band), a group of studio musicians circa 1977 that covered 2 Pink Floyd songs
- Rosebud (band), a folk-rock band circa 1970, featuring Judy Henske and Jerry Yester
- The Rosebuds, an indie-rock band
- A song used at the end of the film "The Prince of Darkness (Nadesico)", sung by Yumi Matsuzawa
- Rosebud (Fabergé egg)
Places
- Rosebud, Victoria, Australia
- Rosebud
Indian Reservation, a Sioux reservation in South Dakota, USA
- Battle of the Rosebud, a battle on June 17, 1876 between the Lakota (Sioux) and Cheyenne Indian tribes and the United States and their Indian allies, the Shoshone and Crow tribes
- Rosebud, Alberta, Canada
- Rosebud, North Carolina
- Rosebud Theatre, a theatre located in Rosebud, Alberta, about an hour east of Calgary
- Rosebud, Texas
People
- Rosebud Denovo, street activist killed by police in Berkeley, California
- Rosebud the Basselope, a character in the comic strip Bloom County
Software and video games
- Microsoft Rosebud, a component in Microsoft Office, providing Web Folders implementation, to support WebDAV and SharePoint 2007. It is no longer used with Microsoft Office 2007 when running on Windows Vista and above
- Rosebud PLM, Inc, a web-based Java server solution that allows PDF documents to be presented, reviewed and edited among multiple participants on the Web
Other
- PZ 87 The Rosebud, the fishing vessel that sailed to London in 1937 to protest the Newlyn Clearances
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