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Definition: RALPH |
RALPHNoun1. A name sometimes given to the raven. |
"RALPH" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "counsel", "a wolf". |
Date "RALPH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Ralph or ~~~Ralpho. Ralpho. The squire of Hudibras. The model was Isaac Robinson, a zealous butcher in Moorfields, always contriving some queer art of church government. He represents the Independent party, and Hudibras the Presbyterian. Ralph rhymes with half and safe. "He was himself under the tyranny of scruples as unreasonable as those of ... Ralpho."- Macaulay. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Bow down before the porcelain god is a slang reference to vomiting, generally following excessive alcohol consumption. The 'porcelain god' is a euphemism for a toilet, while the reference to bowing reflects kneeling in front of the toilet while vomiting, somewhat in the manner of a worshipper kneeling before an altar. Variants include kneel before the porcelain altar.Similar references include Talking to the porcelain telephone or Talking to Ralph (or Huey) on the big white phone - 'Ralph'/'Huey' being approximations of the sounds made.
See also Toilet humor.
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Ralph (d. 1122), archbishop of Canterbury, called Ralph de Turbine, or Ralph d'Escures from his father's estate of Escures, near Séez in Normandy, entered the abbey of St Martin at Séez in 1079, and ten years later became abbot of this house.Soon afterwards he paid a visit to England, where his half-brother, Seifrid Pelochin, was bishop of Chichester, and in 1100 he took refuge in England from the violence of Robert of Belesme, passing some time with his friends Saint Anselm and Gundulf. In March 1108 he succeeded Gundulf as bishop of Rochester. After Anselm's death in April 1109 Ralph acted as administrator of the see of Canterbury until April 1114, when he himself was chosen archbishop at Windsor.
In this capacity he was very assertive of the rights of the archbishop of Canterbury and of the liberties of the English church. He claimed authority in Wales and Scotland, and he refused to consecrate Thurstan as archbishop of York because the latter prelate declined to profess obedience to the archbishop of Canterbury. This step involved him in a quarrel with the Papacy, and he visited Rome, but was unable to obtain an interview with Pope Paschal II, who had left the city. In spite of peremptory orders from Paschal’s successors, Gelasius II and Calixtus II, the archbishop still refused to consecrate Thurstan, and the dispute was unsettled when he died on October 20, 1122.
This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ralph d'Escures."
Crosswords: RALPH |
| English words defined with "RALPH": harmonic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "RALPH": Allworthy, Alyface ♦ Bird in thy Bosom ♦ design pattern, Detection distance ♦ EMERSON ♦ Flynn's taxonomy ♦ Gang of Four ♦ Inchcape Rock, Index method ♦ Parshall flume, Parshall measuring flume, Programming Language/Cornell ♦ RALPH SPOONER, Rose of Raby ♦ Scripto res Decem, SL5, SNOBOL4, Spot-mapping method, String Oriented Symbolic Language ♦ TS ♦ Winter Bird Population Study. (references) |
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Screenplays | He looks like that guy in the movies… Ralph Bellamy (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Charles Lederer) Hey Phil, if we wanted to hit mailboxes, we could let Ralph drive (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Harold Ramis, Danny Rubin) You mean, like, Ralph or something (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) Ralph, Jesus didn't have wheels (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Why do you suppose Ralph says those things if they aren't true (The Three Faces of Eve; writing credit: Corbett Thigpen; Hervey M. Cleckley) | |
Lyrics | Hummin, hummin comin up at cha like Ralph K (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra (1955) The Ralph Stanley Story (2001) Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) Friday Night with Ralph Benmergui (1992) King Ralph (1991) | |
Song Titles | Streets of London (performing artist: Ralph McTell) Sensitivity (performing artist: Ralph Tresvant) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Early morning computing - verifying last night's work Astro party of Ralph Pfau. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Bamberg transit set up on Guatemala - El Salvador border Border determined by C&GS Astro party of Ralph W. Woodworth. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Albert J. "Hoskie" Hoskinson helping deploy bi-filar current meter Current party of Ralph W. Woodworth, lower left Current studies in Boston Harbor Newspaper clipping from Boston Post, June 20, 1926. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Ralph Pfau (l) Early morning computing of previous night's astronomic observations. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Gen. Ralph E. "Ed" Eberhart. |  | NRCS District Conservationist Rhonda Foster and Grazing Lands Specialist Ralph Horris discuss intensive grazing systems and livestock waterers in Benton, Arkansas. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
 | District Conservationist Rhonda Foster and Grasslands Specialist Ralph Harris evaluating an intensive grazing system that is utilizing a 3 week rotation of cattle grazing. The area on the right has been grazed for 3 weeks while the area on the left has r. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |  | DC Rhonda Foster and Grasslands management Specialist Ralph Harris disucss intensive grazing rotations at a farm in Benton County, Georgia. The producer grazes his cattle on a 3 week rotation. Credit: Jeff Vanuga. |
 | Phyllis Phillips, NRCS District Conservationist, Ralph Lindberg, and Joe Bear (right), NRCS college co-op student trainee from Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND, inspect native grasses in a wetland on Lindberg’s ranch near Shelby, MT. [Slide 97CS3. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Curator of the U.S. National Parasite Collection, Ralph Lichtenfels retrieves a specimen, one of several hundred that are lent to researchers worldwide each year. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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| "Outlet center1" by Lucian Binder Commentary: "Good buy: nike, esprit, hugo boss, ralph lauren, levis and more outlet center in Metzingen." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | To think is to act. |
| Every wall is a door. | |
| Be an opener of doors. | |
| A man is a god in ruins. | |
| Earth laughs in flowers. | |
| New arts destroy the old. | |
| The surest poison is time. | |
| All mankind loves a lover. | |
| We are prisoners of ideas. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ralph, thirty cents |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Timberland, Ralph Lauren have existing stores in this area and their presence in the UK is flourishing. (references) | |
Fashion designers with renowned brand names (JOOP!, Versace, Maxx, Esprit, Benetton, Armani, Max Mara, Calvin Klein, Ralph Rauleren, Fruit of the Loom) increasingly offer lifestyle concepts with home textiles. (references) | ||
The Exxel Group, the biggest investor in the apparel sector, has purchased Pentland (sportswear, Speedo), Eyelit (men's underwear, Disney, Pierre Cardin), Coniglio (children’s casuals), Ralph Lauren (Polo), Vesubio (Lacoste) and Paula Cahen D’Anvers (women's wear). (references) | ||
Economic History | Brazil | Noel Group, Brazil Rail Partners, Railtex International Holding, Ralph Partners, and BankBoston, are some of the U.S. groups participating in the Brazilian concessions. (references) |
Human Rights | Zimbabwe | On August 6, Kwekwe farmer Ralph Fenwick Corbett died in a hospital as a result of head injuries sustained in an attack by suspected war veterans. (references) |
Namibia | For example, on September 15, there was a report that a drunken NDF soldier shot and injured Ralph Nairenge, a 17-year-old student at the Bunya Junior Secondary School, west of Rundu, reportedly while he walked down the street in Bunya. (references) | |
Political Economy | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | In March elections that were generally free and fair, the Unity Labor Party (ULP) won 12 of the 15 parliamentary seats and ULP leader Ralph Gonsalves became the new Prime Minister. (references) |
Political Rights | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The opposition ULP won 12 out of the Parliament's 15 seats, and Dr. Ralph Gonsalves became Prime Minister, ending 16 years of NDP rule. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "RALPH" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "RALPH" is used about 1,201 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 1,201 | 6,451 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "RALPH" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ralph | First name Male | 282,000 | 62 |
| Ralph | Last name | 4,000 | 3,217 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "RALPH" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "counsel", "a wolf". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "RALPH." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Rafe | Male | English | Ralph |
| Ralf | Male | English | Ralph |
| Ralph | Male | English | Radulf |
| Ralphie | Male | English | Ralph |
| Ralphina | Female | English | Ralph |
| Raoul | Male | French | Radulf |
| Radulf | Male | German | N/A |
| Raul | Male | Italian | Radulf |
| Raul | Male | Spanish | Radulf |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Ralph, AL 2. Ralph, SD |
Expressions using "RALPH": Ralph Barton Perry ♦ Ralph Bunche ♦ Ralph Johnson Bunche ♦ Ralph Richardson ♦ Ralph Vaughan Williams ♦ Ralph Waldo Emerson ♦ Sir Ralph David Richardson ♦ William Ralph Inge. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "RALPH": ralph-appeared. | |
Ending with "RALPH": Fitz-ralph. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ralph lauren paint | 7,899 | ralph lauren swim wear | 99 |
ralph lauren | 3,874 | ralph lauren shoes | 98 |
ralph fiennes | 869 | polo sport ralph lauren | 98 |
polo ralph lauren | 728 | colors lauren paint ralph | 96 |
ralph waldo emerson | 712 | ralph lauren polo shirt | 92 |
ralph lauren bedding | 471 | ralph lauren comforter | 88 |
ralph nader | 383 | ralph lauren.com | 87 |
ralph | 335 | ralph tresvant | 85 |
ralph macchio | 254 | ralph lauren wallpaper | 77 |
ralph wiggum | 225 | ralph lauren perfume | 73 |
ralph lauren furniture | 192 | quote ralph wiggum | 68 |
ralph lauren sun glasses | 191 | ralph reed | 61 |
ralph lauren home | 191 | lauren by ralph lauren | 58 |
ralph stanley | 155 | ralph loren | 58 |
ralph magazine | 141 | ralph carter | 58 |
quote ralph waldo emerson | 127 | ralph steadman | 57 |
ralph lauren sheet | 126 | sheryl lee ralph | 56 |
ralph lauren fabric | 125 | chap ralph lauren | 56 |
ralph lauren outlet | 123 | ralph lauren swimsuit | 55 |
ralph ellison | 116 | klein ralph | 54 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "RALPH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | Υποκοριστικό Του Rodolphus. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ラム酒 (lame, laminated ski, LAN, Land Cruiser, Langerhans, language, language laboratory, language processor, lariat, lauan, LL, lullaby, lung, rally, Ralph Lauren, rank, ranking, rum, run, wraparound retaining straps worn with the old ski cable bindings). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ラルフローレン (Ralph Lauren). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alphray.(various references) | |
Russian | блевать;тошнить ральф, Ральф. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "RALPH": ralphed, ralphing, ralphs. (additional references) | |
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"RALPH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eralp, ralah, ralf, ralp, Ralphe, Ralphie, Ruapehu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-l-p-r" | |
-1 letter: harl, harp. | |
-2 letters: alp, hap, lap, lar, pah, pal, par, rah, rap. | |
-3 letters: ah, al, ar, ha, la, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-l-p-r" | |
+1 letter: phylar, ralphs. | |
+2 letters: alphorn, ephoral, harelip, philtra, phrasal, plasher, ralphed, sharply, spheral. | |
+3 letters: alphorns, amphoral, calthrop, earlship, harelips, hexaplar, kreplach, orphical, parflesh, parhelia, parhelic, pearlash, phratral, phyllary, pilchard, plashers, plashier, plethora, ralphing, shrapnel, splasher, ultrahip. | |
+4 letters: allograph, allomorph, alpenhorn, calthrops, chaparral, earlships, ephemeral, graphical, holograph, homopolar, horseplay, hyperbola, lagomorph, logograph, oleograph, parfleche, parhelion, parochial, perihelia, phalanger, phalarope, philander, phrasally, pilchards, planisher, plethoras, plowshare, polygraph, polyhedra, preachily, prelaunch, prothalli, shapelier, spherical, splashers, splashier, telegraph, triumphal, xylograph. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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