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Rambo
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rambo RAMBO
English
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 (film series) Rambo.
See also ja - 乱暴 らんぼー violence; violent; reckless; rude; rough; unreasonable.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹæmbəʊ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rambo.wav Southern England
en æmbəʊ 2
Proper noun
en.
See also
en Rambeau
Noun
en figuratively One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.
An American variety of apple with a greenish-yellow skin, mottled and striped with dull red.
Synonyms
loose cannon
Derived terms
en Ramboesque Rambomania en rambo knife
See also
en Rambeau Rimbaud
References
"Journal; The 'Rambo' Culture", New York Times, 11 May 1995, Frank Rich
Gender Trials: Rambo Litigators and Mothering Paralegals, University of California Press, 1995, Jennifer Pierce
"Rambo's Brothers Cruise Clogged Expressways", U.S. News and World Report, 10 August 1987, Ted Gest
"Freeway Rambos", S.F. Examiner, 1987
"Rambo's Boys: The Lure of the Violent Father", Vol.8 No.3, Track Two, December 1999, Center for Conflict Resolution, Roshila Nair
Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The Compulsion to Win and Its Threat to Human Survival, SUNY Press, George Fellman
Anagrams
en abmor Bomar broma
en 2-syllable words eponyms
en Apple cultivars
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
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