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Aries

zodiacal constellation usually identified as "the Ram," late Old English, from Latin aires "ram" (related to arietare "to butt"), from a PIE root meaning "spring, jump" (source also of Lithuanian ėrytis, Old Church Slavonic jarici, Armenian oroj "lamb;" Greek eriphos, Old Irish heirp "kid"). Meaning "person born under the sign of Aries" is from 1894; they also have been called Arian (1917).

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Definitions of Aries from WordNet

Aries (n.)
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries;
Synonyms: Ram
Aries (n.)
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus;
Aries (n.)
the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19;
Synonyms: Aries the Ram / Ram
From wordnet.princeton.edu