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Word of the Day for Saturday, July 4, 2009 rampart \ram-pahrt\, noun: 1. A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top. 2. A means of protection or defense; a bulwark. 3. To defend with a rampart. To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corpse to the rampart we hurried. -- Charles Wolfe, The Burial of Sir John Moore There is no rampart that will hold out against malice. -- Moliere Rampart derives from Middle French remparer, equivalent to re + emparer "to take the possesion of." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for rampart Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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