ritter
1 Americannoun
plural
ritter, ritters-
a knight.
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a member of the lowest order of nobility in Germany or Austria.
noun
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Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
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Woodward Maurice Tex, 1907–74, U.S. country-and-western singer, composer, and film actor.
Etymology
Origin of ritter
1815–25; < German; Middle High German riter rider
Example Sentences
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Krysten Ritter, Chad Michael Murray, Sarah Michelle Gellar and ‘Dawson’s Creek’ stars paid tribute to James Van Der Beek, who died Wednesday following a battle with colorectal cancer.
From Los Angeles Times
Ritter wrote on Instagram: "Smart, funny, empathic, kind, talented and just pure magic. I'm so grateful for our friendship and so heartbroken. All my love goes out to his amazing wife Kimberly and their children."
From BBC
“Blue Mountain,” Weir’s solo album from 2016, written in collaboration with musicians Josh Ritter and Josh Kaufman and inspired by Weir’s affinity for cowboy music and western iconography, became his highest-charting solo album, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard 200.
From Los Angeles Times
“Oh, I hate that too,” said Stuart Ritter, insights director at T. Rowe Price, who I was talking to about how to help people manage their money.
From MarketWatch
To get to a reasonable answer, Ritter said, “my approach has been to come up with something that applies to most people in most situations.”
From MarketWatch
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