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ram

Pronunciation: /rɑm/

“ram” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ram (male sheep)
  2. male rabbit
  3. battering ram

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), from Old Dutch *ram, of West-Germanic origin, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate to English ram (“a male sheep”). The sense "battering ram" was borrowed as a semantic loan from Latin ariēs in Middle Dutch.

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