reuss

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Definition of reuss

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
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name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname from German.
    “Germany last year said it had foiled an attempt by another far-right group – the Reichsbuerger movement - to plot accused of plotting an attack on Germany’s parliament building, allegedly to overthrow its constitutional order and install the group’s central figure – aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss – as leader.”

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Etymology

German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”). For the river see Reuss below.

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