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Ruiter

Ruiter proper noun: a surname from Dutch.

Proper noun

Ruiter (plural Ruiters)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Forms of Ruiter

pluralRuiters

Origin of Ruiter

Borrowed from Dutch Ruiter, from ruiter (“knight, horseman”).

Questions about Ruiter

What does Ruiter mean?
Ruiter means a surname from Dutch.
What part of speech is Ruiter?
Ruiter is a proper noun.

Words near Ruiter in the dictionary

  1. Ruism
  2. Ruist
  3. Ruists
  4. Ruisui
  5. ruitenbergite
  6. Ruiter
  7. Ruiters
  8. Ruiz
  9. ruizite
  10. rujak
  11. rUK

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