/ˈeɪ.bɹəm/
OriginAlteration of auburn.
- obsoleteauburn
- UK, obsoleteinsane; mad
“He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.”
- UK, obsoletenaked.
- countable, uncountableAbraham (prophet in the Old Testament).
“And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan”
“O father Abram, what these Christians are,
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others! […]”
“Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. They ca”
- countable, uncountableA male given name from Hebrew.
- countable, uncountableA surname from Hebrew in turn originating as a patronymic.
- countable, uncountableA census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, named after Abram Dillard.
- countable, uncountableA large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD6001).
- countable, uncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
- UK, obsoleteSynonym of Abraham man
Formsmore abram(comparative) · most abram(superlative) · Abrams(plural)