Ron

Definition: Ron

Ron

Noun

1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.

"Ron" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a song", "the advice", "rule".

Date "Ron" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Specialty Definition: Ron

Domain	Definition
Literature	Ron or ~~~Rone. Rone. The name of Prince Arthur's spear, made of ebony. "His spere he nom [took] an honde tha Ron was thaten [called]. Layamon: Brut (twelfth century). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Ron Weasley

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Ronald "Ron" Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of children's books. Ron Weasley, with Hermione Granger is one of Harry Potter's two best friends at Hogwarts. All charactors(except Luna Lovegood) call Ron, "Ron" rather than "Ronald." Ron is the son of Arthur and Molly Weasley, and brother of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ginny.
Ron's father is the head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts at the Ministry of Magic, but doesn't earn much. Consequently, most of Ron's possessions are hand-me-downs, a fact he is sensitive about.
Ron and Harry meet while Harry is searching for Platform 9 3/4, and share a compartment of the Hogwarts Express, where Ron shows Harry his pet rat Scabbers, and Harry shares some sweets with Ron.
Ron likes to play Wizard's Chess, and teaches Harry how to play.
Warning: Spoilers follow
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Ron's love of, and skill in chess prove useful, as one of the defences guarding the philosopher's stone is a giant Wizard's Chess board. Ron sacrifices himself, though later recovers, to win the game.
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ron's wand is broken when he crashes his father's flying car into the Whomping Willow. The wand later backfires at crucial moments, first when Ron tries to curse Draco Malfoy for calling Hermione a mudblood, and later when Professor Lockhart tries to use it to remove Ron and Harry's memories.
Ron becomes keeper of the Gryffindor quidditch team in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; though not initially successful, he later improves.

Pet
Ron Weasley's owl is Pigwidgeon, or Pig. The name is a combination of pig with widgeon, the combination being a pun on pigeon. Pigwidgeon was a gift from Sirius Black to Ron, to replace his rat, Scabbers. Pigwidgeon was named by Ron's sister, Ginny.

External link

Pigwidgeon is most likely an elf owl
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ron Weasley."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ron

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
RON	English	Run Occurrence Number	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Ron

Synonyms: Bokkos (n), Daffo (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Ron

Specialty definitions using "Ron": Rationalized C, Rone ♦ Small-C. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ron" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (rum).

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Modern Usage: Ron

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Ron, dear, didn't Greenwich-Village-people-types go out in the Sixties (Can't Stop the Music; writing credit: Allan Carr; Bronte Woodard) It's about a killer robot driving instructor who travels back in time for some reason. Ron Howard's attached to direct (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) What Ron and I'll do is probably to write some songs, you know, and sell them to people (The Rutles; writing credit: Eric Idle) Ron, he's already evil (Kim Possible; writing credit: Julie DuFine; Madellaine Paxson) Ron, if you had a corndog it would be the size of a truck (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; writing credit: Stuart Gordon; Brian Yuzna)
Movie/TV Titles	Ron & Leo (1999) One Man: A Scientology Music Video Celebrating L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday (1992) Captain Ron (1992) The Ron Reagan Show (1991) Ron & Tanja (1990)
Song Titles	DA DOO RON RON (performing artist: SHAUN CASSIDY) Da Do Ron Ron (performing artist: The Crystals)
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Commercial Usage: Ron

Domain	Title
Books	Boy by Ron Mueck (reference) Managing Generations At Work -- Ron Zemke On Veterans, Boomers, Xers, and Nexters [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Ron Ranson on Skies: Techniques in Watercolour and Other Media (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Mun Yae Yi Ron Yeon Gu (reference) Ron Briscoes Regional Basketball Scouting Service (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Patinas and Finishes for Iron, Steel, and Aluminum, Video by Ron Young (reference) Captain Ron (reference) Cold Patina Video for Bronze, Brass, and Copper by Ron Young (reference) My Lai and Why It Matters, Ron Ridenhour's Last Lecture (reference) Vietnam Then and Now: David Halberstam, Ron Ridenhour Memorial Lecture 2000 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Club Musical Oriente Cubano - Cana Tabaco Y Ron (reference) Ron Gaylord Live [LIVE] (reference) Ron Nelson: Holidays & Epiphanies (reference) Matarile Rile Ron (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Photo Album: Ron

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The South Pole dining room with station leader Ron Peck standing; Daryl Leed seated on the right. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Tech. Sgt. Ron Traenkner, (left) and Staff Sgt. Jason Pigford.
	Staff Sgt Ron Ruzek.		Raised garden beds also serve as rotating compost bins for Ron Francis of Houston. See 99-572 for results. Credit: Ron Francis.
	A low-temperature scanning electron microscope enables acarologist Ron Ochoa (background) and botanist Eric Erbe to observe tiny mites in detail impossible with conventional microscopes and slide-mounting techniques. Liquid nitrogen is first used to flash-freeze mites on their hosts in their natural positions. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..		Soil scientists Harry Pionke (left) and Ron Schnabel examine a switchgrass stand. Relatively small buffer areas not only can protect nearby streams from agricultural pollutants, but also provide habitat for ground-nesting birds and forage for beef cattle. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Black and white wash drawing of Canvasbacks by Ron Jenkins, 39696 Highway 93, Charlo, Montana, 59824, an art teacher and freelance artist. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.		Molders prepare to pour hot metal, while the ship was providing tender services in May 1969, probably in Subic Bay, Philippines. The men present are (left to right): Molder Third Class Ron McClure; Molder Third Class Kelly McEntire (behind ML3 McClure) and Molder Second Class Jerry D. Clark. Credit: NAVY.
	Molders pour liquid metal into a mold, while the ship was providing services to destroyers alongside in May 1969, probably in Subic Bay, Philippines. The men present are (left to right): Molder Third Class Ron McClure; Molder Third Class Kelly McEntire and Molder Second Class Jerry D. Clark. Credit: NAVY.		Fires a salvo from her 16"/50 guns during a deployment off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon, 9 January 1984 Photographed by PH1 Ron Garrison. Credit: NAVY.
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Digital Photo Gallery: Ron


"Ron bundy 1" by Ron Dc Commentary: "Pleasure like bundy."	"Ron 2" by A D C Commentary: "My brother's neck/body thank you punto108."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ron

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Germany	In March the Economics Ministry persuaded the federal and state interior ministries to accept new wording that would only prohibit use of the "technology of L. Ron Hubbard" in executing government contracts. (references)
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Spoken Usage: Ron

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Ann Richards	Well, of course, I'm excited because Ron Kirk used to be my secretary of state, and I think he's an outstanding man. And he was an outstanding mayor of Dallas, and I think he's going to make an incredibly able senator.
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Usage Frequency: Ron

"Ron" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.30% of the time. "Ron" is used about 913 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)	95.3%	870	8,151
Noun (singular)	3.17%	29	64,444
Noun (common)	1.53%	14	93,893
Total	100.00%	913	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Ron

The following table summarizes the usage of "Ron" 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
Ron	First name Male	72,000	221
Ron	Last name	130	68,531
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Ron

"Ron" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a song", "the advice", "rule".

The following table summarizes names related to "Ron."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Reynold	Male	English	N/A
Ron	Male, Female	English	Ronald
Ronald	Male	English	Ragnvald
Ronalda	Female	English	Ronald
Ronnette	Female	English	Ronald
Ronnie	Male, Female	English	Ronald
Ronny	Male	English	Ronald
Ron	Male, Female	Jewish	N/A
Ronaldo	Male	Portuguese	Ronald
Ragnvald	Male	Scandinavian	Reynold
Ronald	Male	Scottish	Ragnvald
Ronalda	Female	Scottish	Ronald
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Ron

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Ron": ron-bo, ron-concurrence.
	Ending with "Ron": Bith-ron.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ron

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
ron jeremy	1,766	captain ron	111
cam ron	1,059	picture cam ron	97
ron livingston	809	ron jons surf shop	88
ron jon surf shop	419	ron jeremy pic	83
ron	310	ron wyatt	81
ron white	267	ron andrew	80
ron jon	253	ron lester	78
ron howard	221	ron tonkin	77
ron weasley	185	ron jeremy picture	76
isley ron	176	ron herres	72
fez ron	170	ron santo	70
ron legrand	149	ron mehl	70
ron clark	144	ron popeil	68
l ron hubbard	138	ron paul	66
ron carter	129	comedian ron white	65
ron kenoly	127	cam lyrics ron	64
ron perlman	126	ron eldard	63
ron harris	124	jr ron young	57
hermione ron	124	ron brown	56
ron sexsmith	112	cam pic ron	54
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Derivations & Misspellings: Ron

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Ron": rondeau, rondeaux, rondel, rondelet, rondelets, rondelle, rondelles, rondels, rondo, rondos, rondure, rondures, ronion, ronions, ronnel, ronnels, rontgen, rontgens, ronyon, ronyons. (additional references)
	Words ending with "Ron": aileron, aleuron, andiron, antielectron, antineutron, apron, archenteron, baron, betatron, bevatron, bicron, biotron, boron, caldron, calutron, cauldron, chaldron, chamfron, chanfron, chaperon, cheveron, chevron, chylomicron, cistron, citron, coelenteron, copatron, cryotron, cyclotron, decahedron, dendron, deuteron, diatessaron, diatron, dihedron, dipteron, diuron, dodecahedron, dynatron, electron, elytron, enteron, environ, ephemeron, erigeron, erythron, fanfaron, fenuron, flatiron, garron, giron. (additional references)
	Words containing "Ron": acronic, acronym, acronymic, acronymically, acronyms, aeronaut, aeronautic, aeronautical, aeronautically, aeronautics, aeronauts, aeronomer, aeronomers, aeronomic, aeronomical, aeronomies, aeronomist, aeronomists, aeronomy, affront, affronted, affronting, affronts, agronomic, agronomically, agronomies, agronomist, agronomists, agronomy, ailerons, aldosterone, aldosterones, aldosteronism, aldosteronisms, aleurone, aleurones, aleurons, anachronic, anachronism, anachronisms, anachronistic, anachronistically, anachronous, anachronously, andirons, androsterone, androsterones, antielectrons, antineutrons, aproned, aproning. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ron" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rgon, Rhon, Rinv, Rioni, rmon, Rnoc, roni, Ronk, ronn, Rovno, Rown, rpn, vron. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Ron

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: nor.
	Words within the letters "n-o-r"
	-1 letter: no, on, or.
	Words containing the letters "n-o-r"
	+1 letter: born, corn, horn, inro, iron, lorn, morn, noir, nori, norm, porn, roan, sorn, torn, worn.
	+2 letters: acorn, adorn, apron, argon, arson, baron, boner, borne, boron, bourn, bronc, brown, corns, cornu, corny, crone, crony, croon, crown, donor, drone, drown, enorm, enrol, frond, frons, front, frown, genro, giron, goner, groan, groin, grown, gyron, heron, honer, honor, horns, horny, intro, irone, irons, irony, korun, krona, krone, kroon, loner, loran, manor, minor, morns, moron, mourn, narco, nerol, nitro, noirs, noria, noris, norms, north, noter, onery, orang, orcin, organ, ornis, orpin, owner, porno, porns, porny, prion, prone, prong, racon, radon, rayon, recon, redon, rewon, rhino, roans, robin, roman, rondo, rosin, rouen, round, roven, rowan, rowen, scorn, senor, shorn, snore, snort, sonar, sorns, sworn, tenor, thorn, toner, trona, trone, wrong, yourn, zoner.
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