Definition for ROUT

ROUT, n.2 [Fr. deroute; It. rotta, a breaking, a defeat, a rout; rotto, broken, defeated; rottura, a rupture; Sp. rota, roto. This is a corruption of the L. ruptus, from rumpo, to break. Class Rb.]

The breaking or defeat of an army or band of troops, or the disorder and confusion of troops thus defeated and put to flight. Milton.

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