Rambo

See also: rambo, and 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.

See also Japanese 乱暴 (rambō, “rude; violent; rough; reckless”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æmbəʊ

Proper noun

Rambo

1. A surname.

See also

• Rambeau

Noun

Rambo (plural Rambos)

1. (figuratively) One who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve all problems, and bravely charges headlong into the teeth of the enemy.
2. An American variety of apple with a greenish-yellow skin, mottled and striped with dull red.

Synonyms

• loose cannon

Derived terms

• Rambomania
• rambo (“knife”)

See also

• 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

• Bomar, broma

Norwegian

Proper noun

Rambo

1. a surname