Rainer

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower. rare

    "c, 1893-1899, Ralph T. H. Griffith (translator), The Vedas Indra, Brhaspati, rainers of treasure, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An English and American surname transferred from the given name.

Example

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"Number-two seed Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands beat top-seeded Rainer Schuettler on Sunday to win the Brazil Open tennis tournament in Costa do Sauipe."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of Rayner, a patronymic surname from a medieval given name from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Also borrowed from modern German.

Etymology 2

From rain + -er.

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