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Rantz

Rantz proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Rantz (plural Rantzes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Rantz

pluralRantzes

Origin of Rantz

* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Ranz, probably from the noun Ranzen (“knapsack”) or possibly ranzig (“rancid”). * As a Czech and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Ranc, itself from the German above.

Questions about Rantz

What does Rantz mean?
Rantz means a surname.
What part of speech is Rantz?
Rantz is a proper noun.

Words near Rantz in the dictionary

  1. rants
  2. rants and raves
  3. rantsona
  4. rantsonas
  5. ranty
  6. Rantz
  7. Rantzes
  8. Ranua
  9. ranula
  10. ranulae
  11. ranular

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