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aries
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aries has 3 senses
- aries(n = noun.person) ram - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- aries(n = noun.object) Array - a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus; Array is a part of zodiac
- aries(n = noun.location) aries the ram, ram - the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19; Array is a kind of house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign
is a kind of constellation
CIDE DICTIONARY
aries, prop. n. [L.].
- The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. [1913 Webster]
- A battering-ram. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aries, n. (pl. same)
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a ram.
2 a the first sign of the zodiac (the Ram). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a ram.
2 a the first sign of the zodiac (the Ram). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.
Derivative
Arian adj. & n.
Etymology
ME f. L, = ram
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