Rais

American

[res, res] / rɛs, rɛs /

noun

Gilles de. Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.

Rais British

/ res /

noun

Gilles de (ʒil də). 1404–40, French nobleman who fought with Joan of Arc: marshal of France (1429–40). He was executed for the torture and murder of more than 140 children

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Cases have been concentrated in Monterey County and the San Francisco Bay Area, but the danger remains across the state, said Dr. Rais Vohra, medical director for the California’s Poison Control System’s Fresno-Madera Division.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

The Johns Hopkins University has filed patent applications related to technologies described in the paper on which Slusher, Powell, Leone, Rais and Alt are listed as inventors.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

Tunisian rapper El General was just 21 when his haunting, raw video Rais Lebled, or Mr President, went viral in late 2010.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2023

Rais Ahmad Ansari, a lawyer for the mosque’s committee, said the alleged stone shaft found in the reservoir was the base of a fountain.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2022

Neither entreaties nor threats could induce him to go farther; and Rais Mourad gave orders to his followers to halt upon the spot, as he intended to stay there for the remainder of the night.

From The Boy Slaves by Mayne Reid

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