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rainer

rainer noun: that which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.

Noun

rainer (plural rainers)

  1. (rare) That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
    • c, 1893-1899, Ralph T. H. Griffith (translator), The Vedas
      Indra, Brhaspati, rainers of treasure, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma.
    • Pressure volume relationships determine the quantity of water discharged from rainers of different sizes of nozzle in a given time over the area of the wetted circles[…]1974, Arthur Chapman Barnes, The Sugar Cane, page 190

Proper noun capitalized: Rainer

Rainer

  1. An English and American surname transferred from the given name.

Forms of rainer

pluralrainers

Origin of rainer

From rain + -er.

Variant of Rayner, a patronymic surname from a medieval given name from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Also borrowed from modern German.

Questions about rainer

What does rainer mean?
Rainer means that which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
What part of speech is rainer?
Rainer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of rainer?
The plural of rainer is rainers.

Words near rainer in the dictionary

  1. rained on someone's parade
  2. rained out
  3. rained pitchforks
  4. rained stair rods
  5. rainedst
  6. rainer
  7. Raineri
  8. Raineris
  9. rainers
  10. Rainert
  11. raines

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