aaron : Idioms & Phrases


aaron burr

  • noun United States politician who served as vice president under Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836)
    Burr.
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aaron copland

  • noun United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990)
    Copland.
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aaron montgomery ward

  • noun United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
    Montgomery Ward; Ward.
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aaron's rod

  • noun tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
    common mullein; woolly mullein; great mullein; torch; flannel mullein; Verbascum thapsus.
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Aar"on's rod`
Etymology
See Exodus vii. 9 and Numbers xvii. 8
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
  2. (Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
Webster 1913

hank aaron

  • noun United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
    Hank Aaron; Aaron.
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henry louis aaron

  • noun United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
    Hank Aaron; Aaron.
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