[rit-er] 
| 1. | a knight. |
| 2. | a member of the lowest order of nobility in Germany or Austria. |
[rit-er] | 1. | Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal. |
| 2. | Woodward Maurice (“Tex” ), 1907–74, U.S. country-and-western singer, composer, and film actor. |
| rit·ter (rĭt'ər) n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from rīden, to ride; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.] |
| Rit·ter (rĭt'ər) American singer and actor who played a singing cowboy in radio shows and motion-picture Westerns. |