Ralph meaning

rălf
A male given name.
pronoun
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A masculine name: equiv. Fr. Raoul.
noun
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To vomit.
verb
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(slang) To vomit.
verb
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A patronymic surname.
pronoun
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Origin of ralph

  • Imitative use of the name Ralph
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Proto-Germanic *RÄ“dawulfaz, brought to England first in the Old Norse (Ráðúlfr), then in the Norman form.
    From Wiktionary

Ralph Sentence Examples

  • He made me get undressed and that's when Ralph hit him.

  • My brother Ralph, bless his soul, lost a son to the system after a divorce.

  • His son Ralph fought on the Norman side at Hastings, and was made earl of Norfolk by William the Conqueror.

  • Ralph drove and I followed in the Ford.

  • After Ralph died in 1980, I remembered our good times in Colorado forty years before when we were kids, and I started coming back.

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