Ren

//ɹɛn// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A kidney.

    "Having treated laſt of the expulſion of the inteſtinal fæces, we come next to conſider thoſe organs, which ſeparate and throw off another principal excrementitious matter, to wit, urine. The firſt of which is the renes or kidneys."

  2. 2
    One’s name, as part of the soul in ancient Egyptian mythology. Egyptian

    "For the Ren did not belong to the man, but came out of the Celestial Waters to enter an infant in the hour of his birth and might not stir again until it was time to go back."

  3. 3
    Initialism of ringer equivalence number. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Renaissance. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-compounds, informal

Synonyms

All synonyms
kidneykidneyringer equivalence numberringer equivalence number

Example

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"By the way, Ren. Should I take your hand? Every year you wander off."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin rēn. Doublet of rein (“kidney”).

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Egyptian rn, r:n-A2

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