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English

Noun

  1. Device used with early firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant.
  2. ranch|Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.


Translations

Adjective

  1. straight|Straight; stiff; rigid; severe.
  2. : A ramrod posture


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Ramrod \Ram"rod`\ (r[a^]m"r[o^]d`), n.
The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading
firearm.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet ramrod
n 1: a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm
2: a harshly demanding overseer
3: a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm
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