rit·ter

[rit-er]
noun, plural rit·ter, rit·ters.
1.
a knight.
2.
a member of the lowest order of nobility in Germany or Austria.

Origin:
1815–25; < German; Middle High German riter rider

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Rit·ter

[rit-er]
noun
1.
Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
2.
Woodward Maurice ( "Tex" ) 1907–74, U.S. country-and-western singer, composer, and film actor.
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Ritter is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Ritter specialized in german political, military, and cultural history.
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