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ridder

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6

Definition of ridder

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (dialectal)a sieve
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noun

  1. (dialectal)a sieve
  2. One who, or that which, rids.

verb

  1. (transitive)to sieve; sift; riddle

name

  1. A city in East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan; formerly, Leninogorsk.
  2. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”).

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