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Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

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A famous American baseball player known for hitting many home runs
  • proper noun
  • /beɪb ruːθ/
translation icon : Babe Ruth
  • None of these bums are the equal of Babe Ruth.
  • Babe Ruth's home runs
  • Yankee Babe Ruth
  • Babe Ruth's record

Examples

  • Did you really see Babe Ruth play in his final game?

  • Babe Ruth hit the most home runs, 60 in 1927.

    Battle of the Bulge (1965)

  • - But it was signed by Babe Ruth.

    The Sandlot (1993)

  • - It says, "Babe Ruth."

    The Sandlot (1993)

  • In it, the Red Sox retained the rights to Babe Ruth.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Even my own mom, a grown-up girl, knew who Babe Ruth was.

    The Sandlot (1993)

  • But Babe Ruth was the Bambino.

    Fever Pitch (2005)

  • Smalls, Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player that ever lived.

    The Sandlot (1993)

  • Babe Ruth will call his shot against the Chicago Cubs in the 1932 World Series.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Here, Cobb poses with his great archrival, the legendary Babe Ruth.

    Cobb (1994)

Synonyms

Sultan of Swat
vsBabe Ruth
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A nickname for Babe Ruth, a famous baseball player who hit many home runs

is the full personal name used in formal or historical references

Surface Forms

Babe Ruth main

Morphology

Babe + Ruth

This is a proper name: knowing 'babe' (a baby or term of endearment) and 'Ruth' (a personal name) does not let a learner infer the historical fact that he was a famous baseball player. Proper names are arbitrary and culture-specific, so the intended biographical/celebrity meaning is not derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Babe Ruth is the famous name of George Herman Ruth. He was nicknamed Babe because he was a very young player and his teammates called him that. He became famous for hitting many 'home runs', so today Babe Ruth is remembered as the great baseball hitter.