ritter

¹

[rit-er]

noun

plural

ritter, ritters 

1. a knight.

2. a member of the lowest order of nobility in Germany or Austria.

Ritter

²

[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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ritter¹

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

Example Sentences

What was most important about the series-opening 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies wasn’t that Glasnow kept a no-hitter intact for another inning or that human propane tank Tanner Scott blew it by giving up a double to Ryan Ritter in the ninth.

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Reliever Blake Treinen pitched a perfect eighth before Ryan Ritter broke up the no-hitter by lining Tanner Scott’s third pitch to left field for a double.

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Scolds who glorified suffering against the world’s wrong turns, the pair sought a radical reboot of society in rugged isolation, save the inconvenient fact that Ritter’s grandstanding philosophical missives back home were published in newspapers, turning them into eccentric folk heroes.

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Her first order of business, however, is pitting the scowling Ritter and bland, industrious Wittmers, who had managed a bearable distance so far, against each other.

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Ryan Ritter then drove in both runners with a soft liner to right.

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