-ry

¹ American  

1. variant of -ery.

   heraldry; husbandry; dentistry; tenantry; jewelry.

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Ry. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Railway.

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-ry British  

suffix

1. a variant of -ery

   dentistry

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Etymology

Origin of -ry

Middle English -rie < Old French; short form of -ery

Example Sentences

When Ryan Garcia left Canelo Álvarez’s camp in 2022, veteran trainer Joe Goossen opened his doors to “King Ry” and worked with him in Chula Vista, not only on his boxing skills but also on his mental game.

From Los Angeles Times

I arrived in Hollywood for the Grammy Awards once and thought I was going to bump in to people who mattered, like Ry Cooder or Randy Newman.

From BBC

Royal Bank of Canada RY 0.99%increase; green up pointing triangle bumped up its dividend 6.5% after logging record net income in the final quarter of its fiscal year with higher earnings across most of its business segments.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Ry said he’d found his people,” McCarthy recalls, using the family’s nickname for him.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2016, artists Ry Rocklen and Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs realized that a mortgage in the desert would be cheaper than a storage unit in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times