Definitions for ramesesˈræm əˌsiz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Ram•e•sesˈræm əˌsiz(n.)

  1. Category: Ancient History, Biography

    Ref: Ramses.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Rameses, Ramesses, Ramses(noun)

    any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Rameses

    the name of several ancient kings of Egypt, of which the most famous are R. II., who erected a number of monuments in token of his greatness, and at whose court Moses was brought up; and R. III., the first king of the twentieth dynasty, under whose successors the power of Egypt fell into decay.


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