ruiter

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch ruiter, from Middle Dutch ruter, from Old French routier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrœi̯.tər/ === Noun === ruiter (plural ruiters, diminutive ruitertjie, feminine ruiterin) A rider of an animal, usually a horse; a horseman. A knight or armed horseman of different rank; a soldier on a horse. (chess) A knight. (uncommon) A rider or driver of something other than an animal. ==== Synonyms ==== (chess piece): perd (rider or driver of something other than an animal): ryer ==== See also ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch ruter, from Old French routier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrœy̯tər/ Hyphenation: rui‧ter Rhymes: -œy̯tər === Noun === ruiter m (plural ruiters, diminutive ruitertje n) a rider, horseman an armed horseman, a cavalry soldier a tab (small flap or strip of material) (agriculture) a tripodic or tetrapodic wooden frame consisting of sticks with crossbars, used to dry certain field crops one of various types of sandpiper (obsolete) a highwayman, a robber (obsolete) a vagrant, a vagabond Synonyms: clochard, landloper, schooier, vagebond, zwerver ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: ruiter → German: ReuterEnglish: Reuter→ Chinese: 羅伊特 / 罗伊特 (Luóyītè) (transliteration)→ Italian: Roiter === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ruiter1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute