ritter

¹

[ rit-er ]

noun

, plural rit·ter, rit·ters.

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

One of the children died of a severe infection seven months later as a result of a sexual act committed on her by Ritter.

From Time

Ritter’s defense counsel argued that the girl had submitted herself willingly for money, and the Supreme Court said that there was no proof of force or intimidation.

From Time

Some, like Ritter, are questioning their support for the plant.

From Washington Post

In 2020, there were 248 SPAC IPOs, which is more than three times as many SPAC IPOs as there had been in any single year previously, according to Ritter.

From Digiday

However, “in practice that is not what goes on,” Ritter said.

From Digiday

“We are really rewriting knife law in America,” Knife Rights chairman Doug Ritter said.

From The Daily Beast

Cast: Jason Ritter, Alexis Bledel, Jane Kazmarek, Kurt Fuller, Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kinney, Ashlie Atkinson, Dustin Ybarra.

From The Daily Beast

Jane (Krysten Ritter) and Jesse were strung out on heroin and Walt is there and sees them and she starts to choke.

From The Daily Beast

I loved Krysten Ritter in Breaking Bad and Dreama Walker is fine, too.

From The Daily Beast

If you were to knock on John Ritter's door in Hero at Large, he may have knocked you out.

From The Daily Beast

Slowly but surely Reff Ritter came up out of the icy water, his teeth chattering loudly.

From Project Gutenberg

Jack and Pepper watched Ritter closely and then looked questioningly at each other.

From Project Gutenberg

The ice cracked ominously, but step by step he drew closer to where Ritter was clinging.

From Project Gutenberg

The pair told Ritter what they thought of him, and each declared that he was going to expose the bully to Captain Putnam.

From Project Gutenberg

Probably his new allodial Ritter gentlemen were not the most submiss, when made hereditary?

From Project Gutenberg