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babe

  [beyb]
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–noun
1. a baby or child.
2. an innocent or inexperienced person.
3. (usually initial capital letter) Southern U.S. (used, often before the surname, as a familiar name for a boy or man, esp. the youngest of a family.)
4. Slang.
a. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. a girl or woman, esp. an attractive one.
b. (sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).
—Idiom
5. babe in the woods, an innocent, unsuspecting person, esp. one likely to be victimized by others: Some highly informed people are mere babes in the woods where the stock market is concerned. Also, babe in the wood.
Origin:
1150–1200; 1915–20 for def. 4; ME; early ME baban, prob. nursery word in origin

Synonyms:
1. toddler, infant, tot, nursling.

Ruth

  [rooth]
–noun
George Herman (“Babe”), 1895–1948, U.S. baseball player.

Za⋅har⋅i⋅as

  [zuh-hair-ee-uhs, -har-]
–noun
Mildred Did⋅rik⋅son  [did-rik-suhn] , (“Babe”), 1914–56, U.S. track-and-field athlete and golfer.
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babe   (bāb)   
n.  

  1. A baby; an infant.

  2. An innocent or naive person.

  3. Slang A young woman.

  4. Informal Sweetheart; dear. Used as a term of endearment.


[Middle English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

Ruth

The great-grandmother of King David, known for her kindness and faithfulness. Not an Israelite herself, she married an Israelite who had come to her country with his family. Ruth's husband died, and her mother-in-law, Naomi, set out to return to the country of the Israelites. Ruth insisted on accompanying Naomi, saying, “ Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge.” In the country of the Israelites, Ruth married Boaz, a rich relative of her dead husband; Boaz had been attracted to Ruth by her generosity. Her story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
babe

  1. n.
    and babes. a term of endearment for a woman or a man. (Also a term of address. See also baby.) : Look, babe, get in there and tackle that guy! We're losing! , Hey, babes, let's us two get this done and head on home.
  2. n.
    a good-looking woman. : Who is that babe standing on the corner over there? , I saw you with that orange haired babe last night. What's the story?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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ruth [ruθ]

  1. n.
    a women's restroom. (See also john.) : Point me toward the ruth!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

babe 
1393, short for baban (c.1230), which probably is imitative of baby talk, however in many languages the cognate word means "old woman" (cf. Rus. babushka "grandmother," from baba "peasant woman"). Now mostly superseded by its dim. form baby. Used figuratively for "a childish person" from 1526. Meaning "attractive young woman" is 1915, college slang; related babelicious first recorded 1991.

Ruth 
fem. proper name, biblical ancestor of David, from Heb. Ruth, probably a contraction of reuth "companion, friend, fellow woman."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Babe

used of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20). It is used also of those who are weak in Christian faith and knowledge (1 Cor. 3:1; Heb. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:2). In Isa. 3:4 the word "babes" refers to a succession of weak and wicked princes who reigned over Judah from the death of Josiah downward to the destruction of Jerusalem.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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