Reister
English
Proper noun
Reister (plural Reisters)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Reister is the 31960th 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, étriers
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Swiss Middle High German reisten (“to spray”).
Noun
Reister m
- (Uri) poker, firestick
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.