Aries is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a ram. People who are born approximately between 21st March and 19th April come under this sign.
2. singular noun
An Aries is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Aries.
Aries in British English
(ˈɛəriːz)
nounWord forms: Latin genitiveArietis (əˈraɪɪtɪs)
1. astronomy
a small zodiacal constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Taurus and Pisces on the ecliptic and having a second-magnitude star
2. astrology
a. Also called: the Ram
the first sign of the zodiac, symbol ♈, having a cardinal fire classification, ruled by the planet Mars. The sun is in this sign between about March 21 and April 19
b.
a person born during the period when the sun is in this sign
adjective
3. astrology
born under or characteristic of Aries
Also (for senses 2b, 3): Arien
Word origin
C14: from Latin: ram
Aries in American English
(ˈɛrˌiz; ˈæriz; ɛriˌiz; ˈæriˌiz)
noun
1.
a N constellation between Pisces and Taurus; the Ram
2.
the first sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about March 21