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rhum

rhum is the alternative form of rum.

Meaning of rum

Noun

rum (countable and uncountable, plural rums)

  1. (uncountable) A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
    • ... I went aboard the Fellowship of 100 and 70 Tuns a Flemish bottom, the Master George Luxon of Bittiford in Devonshire, several of my friends came to bid me farewell, among the rest Captain Thomas Wannerton who drank to me a pint of kill-devil alias Rhum at a draught ...1639 September 24, John Josselyn, Journal in An Account of Two Voyages to New-England... (1673), p. 24
    1. (countable) A serving of rum.
      • Jake tossed down three rums.
    2. (countable) A kind or brand of rum.
      • Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
  2. (inexact) A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
  3. (obsolete, slang) A strange person or thing.
  4. (obsolete, slang) A country parson.
    • No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn

See all 13 meanings of rum

Proper noun capitalized: Rhum

Rhum

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Rùm.

Forms of rhum

pluralrhums

Phrases with rhum

Questions about rhum

What is rhum the alternative form of?
Rhum is the alternative form of rum.
What part of speech is rhum?
Rhum is a proper noun.

Words near rhum in the dictionary

  1. Rhudys
  2. Rhue
  3. Rhues
  4. Rhule
  5. Rhules
  6. rhum
  7. rhum agricole
  8. rhumb
  9. rhumb line
  10. rhumb lines
  11. rhumb sailing

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