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

The pension system this year also named new senior private-markets leadership, including Annika Kim as private-credit director, John Ritter as head of real assets and Yuri Lee as head of venture capital.

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That is more than the total from 2001-23 combined, when there were 106, according to Ritter.

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Among 2024 penny-stock IPOs for which one-year returns were available as of Sept. 30, share prices on average had a 37% one-year decline from the offer price, according to research by Jay Ritter, a University of Florida finance professor emeritus, who has tracked the IPO market since the late 1970s.

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“The market for these stocks is unsophisticated retail investors. There are no institutions buying these things,” Ritter said.

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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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