ren

Noun (1)

ren (plural renes)

1. A kidney.
   • Having treated laſt of the expulſion of the inteſtinal fæces, we come next to conſider thoſe organs, which ſeparate and throw off another principal excrementitious matter, to wit, urine. The firſt of which is the renes or kidneys.1759, Malcolm Flemyng, “Lecture XIX. On the kidneys and urinary bladder. Gravel; calculus.”, in An Introduction to Physiology, Being a Courſe of Lectures Upon the moſt important Parts of the Animal...
   • We find, however, that the detrita, consisting principally of effete hydrogen and carbon, brought into the circulation by the absorbents, are constantly making their escape from the system by way of the renes, skin, and lungs, in the forms of water, and carbonic-acid.1810, William Tully, “On Aliment”, in Proceedings of the Presidents and Fellows of the Connecticut Medical Society, published 1884, page 326

Noun (2)

ren (plural rens)

1. (Egyptian) One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology.
   • For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back.1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings

Noun (3)

ren (plural rens)

1. (neologism, slang) A non-binary parent.

Noun (4) capitalized: REN

REN

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of ringer equivalence number.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: REN

REN

1. (abbreviation, initialism, far-right) Initialism of Raw Egg Nationalist, a far-right Internet personality.
   • “REN and Man’s World represents a paradigm case of how masculinity is being articulated at the heart of rightwing politics,” said Scott Burnett, an assistant professor of African studies and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University.2024 May 14, Jason Wilson, “Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ren

IPA/rɛn/

Ren

1. (abbreviation, clipping, informal) Clipping of Renaissance, particularly in the context of Renaissance fairs.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Ren

IPA/rɛn/

Ren

1. A surname from Chinese.