aries Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
    Ram.
  2. noun a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus
  3. noun the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
    Ram; Aries the Ram.

WordNet


A"ri*es noun
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
  2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram.

Webster 1913