ridder
ridder · ridders
A sieveA sieve
US/ɹˈɪdɚ/
Meaning
2 sensesOne who, or that which, rids.
(dialectal)A sieve
Origin
From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old EnglisFrom Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”).
From rid + -er.
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