aries

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Ar=ies

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.

Derivative

Arian adj. & n.

Etymology

ME f. L, = ram