Rochambeau
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Rochambeau may refer to:
- French soldiers:
- Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de RochambeauJean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de RochambeauMarshal of France Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general who participated in the American Revolutionary War as the commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force which came to help the American Continental Army...
(1725–1807), French nobleman and soldier who participated in the American Revolutionary War - Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de RochambeauDonatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de RochambeauDonatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau was a French soldier, the son of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau....
(1755–1813), French soldier, the son of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
- Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
- Places:
- Cayenne – Rochambeau Airport in South America
- Rochambeau Middle SchoolRochambeau Middle SchoolRochambeau Middle School is a middle school in Southbury, Connecticut, United States, and part of Pomperaug Regional School District 15. The school serves students in grades six through eight. The school's building was formerly the home of Southbury High School...
in Connecticut
- Rock-paper-scissorsRock-paper-scissorsRock-paper-scissors is a hand game played by two people. The game is also known as roshambo, or another ordering of the three items ....
, especially when spelled "Roshambo," "Ro-sham-bo," or "Ro-Sham-Bo"- Sack tappingSack tappingSack tapping is a slang term for a form of bullying practiced by some adolescents as a "game" where a male participant attacks, by slapping, tapping, punching, kicking, stomping, elbowing or backhanding, another male victim's testicles. The term derived from 'sack', slang that refers to the...
, following the airing of South Park episode 112Mecha-Streisand"Mecha-Streisand" is the 12th episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 18, 1998. In the episode, Barbra Streisand obtains the Diamond of Panthios from the South Park boys and transforms into a...
("Mecha-StreisandMecha-Streisand"Mecha-Streisand" is the 12th episode of the first season of the animated television series South Park. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on February 18, 1998. In the episode, Barbra Streisand obtains the Diamond of Panthios from the South Park boys and transforms into a...
"), in which Eric CartmanEric CartmanEric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name...
erroneously associates the dispute-resolution sense of the term "Rochambeau" with sack tapping rather than with rock-paper-scissors
- Sack tapping
- USS Rochambeau (AP-63)USS Rochambeau (AP-63)USS Rochambeau was a transport ship that saw service in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only U.S. Naval vessel to be named for the French nobleman, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau , who commanded the French troops in Washington's army during the...
, American ship - Lycée RochambeauLycee RochambeauLycée Rochambeau is a French international school in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Bethesda, Maryland.-School and Community:Lycée Rochambeau was founded in 1955, and presently, with a total enrollment of approximately 1100 students, it is the largest of the nine French schools in the United States...
, a school located in Bethesda, Maryland - "Roshambo", a song by The NetworkThe NetworkThe Network is a six-piece New Wave band. They released their debut album Money Money 2020 on Adeline Records on September 30, 2003. A re-release of the album, with two bonus tracks, followed in 2004. The band has not played a live performance since about late 2004 and is believed to have disbanded...
- SS RochambeauSS Rochambeau-Career:She was named after the Count of Rochambeau, a French nobleman and soldier who participated in the American Revolutionary War. The second of a "à classe unique" of liners commissioned by the Compagnie générale transatlantique...
, a French Transatlantic ocean liner