Male+sheep

  • 91Ramsted — Recorded as Ramstead, Ramsted and even on one occasion Ramstedt, this is an English surname. It is locational from what is now apparently a lost medieval village. As to where this place was is unclear, but it is known that over three thousand… …

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  • 92Weatherdon — This interesting surname, widely recorded in Devonshire Church Registers from the early 16th Century under the variant spellings Witherdon, Wetherdon, and Whetherdon, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from any of the various… …

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  • 93Weathers — Recorded as Weather, Whether, Wither and the patronymics Weathers, Wethers, Withers, and others, this is an English surname. It has absolutely nothing to do with the weather, but was an occupational name for a shepherd. The derivation is from the …

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  • 94Wethers — Recorded as Weather, Whether, Wither and the patronymics Weathers, Wethers, Withers, and others, this is an English surname. It has absolutely nothing to do with the weather, but was an occupational name for a shepherd. The derivation is from the …

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  • 95Witherden — This interesting surname is of medieval English origins.Widely recorded in church registers from the early 16th Century under the various spellings of Witherdon, Witherden, Wetherdon, and Whetherdon, it is a locational name from either the… …

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  • 96Witherdon — This interesting surname is of medieval English origins.Widely recorded in church registers from the early 16th Century under the various spellings of Witherdon, Witherden, Wetherdon, and Whetherdon, it is a locational name from either the… …

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  • 97ram — ram1 [ræm] v past tense and past participle rammed present participle ramming [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from RAM2] 1.) [I and T] to run or drive into something very hard ▪ In the latest raid, thieves used his van to ram a police car. ram …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 98Aries — Ar|ies [ eriz ] noun count or uncount one of the 12 signs of the ZODIAC, represented by a RAM (=male sheep). An Aries is someone who is born between March 21 and April 20, believed to be influenced by this sign …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 99ram — [OE] Ram is a general West Germanic word for ‘male sheep’, now shared only by Dutch (although German has the derivative ramme ‘rammer’). It may be related to Old Norse ramr ‘strong’, the allusion being to the ram’s strength in butting. This is… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 100ram — A male sheep …

    Combined glossary of agriculture