ritter

¹ American  

[rit-er] / ˈrɪt ər /

noun

plural

ritter, ritters

1. a knight.

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

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Ritter ² American  

[rit-er] / ˈrɪt ər /

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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Etymology

Origin of ritter

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

Example Sentences

“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

I’d argue — and so would Thompson and Ritter — that these documents are even more urgent than a will, because when somebody is sick, there are deadlines involved.

From MarketWatch

“Maybe check and rebalance, but the worst thing you can do is cash out,” Ritter said.

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