Ram

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ram"

English

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

the Ram

(astronomy, astrology) The constellation and zodiac sign Aries.
- 1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 19:
  Aries, or the Ram governeth the head.
- 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations, London: Rivingtons, page 15:
  Those stars said to belong to the Ram might as well be supposed to belong to the Bull or the Lion.
- 1889 February 7, The Herald, Melbourne, page 4, column 3:
  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.
- 1926 November 21, “How old is the zodiac?”, in The Woodend Star, Victoria, page 4, column 6:
  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.
- 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 27:
  ‘’Tis the sign of the Ram,' he whispered with wonder. ‘The first sign of the Zodiac!’
(UK, soccer) Someone connected with Derby County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.