Rambo

[ram-boh]

noun

plural

Rambos 

1. a fanatically militant or violently aggressive person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rambo¹

After John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran in the motion picture First Blood (1982) and its sequels

Example Sentences

It sounds like something that a movie digging into a tragic day of sustained violence might want to explore, but Avrich’s dedication to his Rambo narrative of survival means these comments lie there, suspended between condemnation and explanation.

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Yekatom, nicknamed Rambo, was found guilty of 20 charges.

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But Hegseth is too busy playing Rambo to recognize it.

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Kotcheff found huge success in Hollywood with 1982’s “First Blood,” which introduced the traumatized Vietnam veteran John Rambo, played by Sylvester Stallone.

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Another former board member, Dion Rambo, is accused by the state of entering into an agreement for his company, Southwest Group, to provide advertising services for the nonprofit.

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