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Ram en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

From ram, the animal the constellation is figured as. Football sense, the animal of the mascot for the sports team.

Meanings

1. The constellation and zodiac sign Aries.
   • Aries, or the Ram governeth the head. 1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 19:
   • Those stars said to belong to the Ram might as well be supposed to belong to the Bull or the Lion. 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations, London: Rivingtons, page 15:
   • The diamond is said to typify innocence, and it is also associated with Virgo, the maid, in the Signs of the Zodiac, whilst the ruby is associated with the sign Aries, the ram. 1889 February 7, The Herald, Melbourne, page 4, column 3:
   • Strange, too, how the old pagan names for the constellations—the Ram, the Bull, the Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Crab, the Lion, the Virgin, the Scales, the Scorpion, the Archer, the Horned Goat, the Water-carrier, and the Fishes, have persisted all these thousands of years in spite of attempts made by philosophers of the Christian and other faiths to give them more prosaic or more religious names. 1926 November 21, “How old is the zodiac?”, in The Woodend Star, Victoria, page 4, column 6:
   • The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales. 1893, E. W. Bullinger, Witness of the Stars, London: The author, page 16:
   • ‘’Tis the sign of the Ram,' he whispered with wonder. ‘The first sign of the Zodiac!’ 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 27:
2. (UK) Someone connected with Derby County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Forms

Ram en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Hebrew רָם (ram).

Meanings

1. The father of Amminadab and the son of Hezron.
2. A male given name.
3. A surname
4. One of the two progenitors of the second generation of humans in Mandaeism.

wikidata: Q1824842

Ram en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From ram (“strike forcefully”).

Meanings

1. A US Korean War anti-tank weapon.

Forms

Ram en · PROPN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”).
   alt of Rāma

Deriveds

Ram Ram