ritter

¹

[ rit-er ]

noun

, plural rit·ter, rit·ters.

1. a knight.
2. a member of the lowest order of nobility in Germany or Austria.

Ritter

²

[ rit-er ]

noun

1. Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
2. Woodward Maurice Tex, 1907–74, U.S. country-and-western singer, composer, and film actor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ritter¹

1815–25; < German; Middle High German riter rider

Example Sentences

Ritter noted that the distinction Jones’ attorney was trying to make for the jury could lead to a considerably different sentence.

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“In the defense view, they are playing with house money to an extent. He has served so much time. He’s just looking for an opportunity to one day see the outside of the prison,” Ritter said.

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The firm is nominally run by Beau Bridges between putts, with Jason Ritter as the boss’ son and Skye P. Marshall as Ritter’s estranged legal eagle wife.

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She has her own agenda, of course, which makes “Matlock,” also starring Jason Ritter, Beau Bridges and Skye P. Marshall, a legal procedural with a pretty big twist.

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Of the fun memories made as a first-time showrunner, Anna Fishko counts among them learning the minutiae of what it takes to film a scene that shows the star of her series, Krysten Ritter, emerging from a vat of pink goo.

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