rôle

Noun

rôle (plural rôles)

1. (often, poetic) Dated spelling of role.
   • We have referred to the Bull many times, both in his astronomical aspect as pioneer of the Spring-Sun, and in his more direct rôle as plougher of the fields[.]1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 81
   • Somehow, I was not quite as elated as I might have been. I remembered that Cynthia had begun her confidences in much the same way. Besides, a father confessor should be elderly, it is not at all the rôle for a young man.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 141