name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Rambo
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɹæmbəʊ/
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rhymes with -æmbəʊ
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[ɹæmbəʊ]
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CMU ARPABET: R AE1 M B OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
An American variety of apple with a greenish-yellow skin, mottled and striped with dull red.
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noun
Meaning 4
A knife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English
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Synonyms: nank, shank, bassy
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noun
Meaning 5
Abbreviation of robust association of massive baryonic objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology
* The name "Rambo" is of unknown origin. It can be dated back to the 17th-century Swedish immigrant Peter Gunnarsson Rambo. According to folk legend it is derived from the mountain Ramberget ("Raven’s Hill") in Gothenburg, whence the Swedish immigrants to Delaware originated in the 17th century. * "Rambo" is also the name of an old farm in Vestfold county, Norway ("Rambøe" 1664, "Ramboe" 1723) - and about 65 people in Norway have Rambo as a family name. The Old Norse form of the name might have been *Hrafnabú. The first element is then the genitive plurals of hrafn m. 'raven', and the last element is bú n. 'farm'. The name was brought to the US by Norwegian settlers. * "Rambo" became widely known after John Rambo, a fictional Vietnam War veteran and protagonist of the film series Rambo. See also Japanese 乱暴(らんぼー) (ranbō, “violence; violent; reckless; rude; rough; unreasonable”).
Presumably from Rambo (“John Rambo”).