ruby
[verb]
Synonyms: redden, incarnadine, rubify, rubric, rud, ruddle, ruddy

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Ruby, Jack
(1911–67) the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald two days after Oswald was charged with killing President John F. Kennedy. Some people believed that these actions were part of a conspiracy (=secret plan) to kill the President, and that Ruby shot Oswald to prevent him from giving any information about it.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ru‧by /ˈruːbi/ noun (plural rubies)
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: rubis, rubi, from Latin rubeus 'reddish']

1. [countable] a red jewel

2. (also ˌruby ˈred) [uncountable] a dark red colour
—ruby adjective

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