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Reuss

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname from German. countable, uncountable

    "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."

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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