Aaron — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.

   Examples

   And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and hee said, Is not Aaron the Leuite thy brother? I know that he can speake well.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!

   Superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who ruptured his left Achilles tendon just four snaps into his New York Jets career, has written off this season as a “lost year,” though he feels he can “play more years” in the NFL.

3. A surname transferred from the given name.

Noun

1. The leader of a group of thieves.

   Usage

   • Archaic

   Synonyms

   criminal leader