Reister

English

Proper noun

Reister (plural Reisters)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Reister is the 31960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 722 individuals. Reister is most common among White (93.21%) individuals.

Anagrams

Riester, reiters, retiers, retires, retries, terries

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Swiss Middle High German reisten (“to spray”).

Noun

Reister m

(Uri) poker, firestick

References

“Reister” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 28.

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