Reister

English

Proper noun

Reister (plural Reisters)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Reister is the 31960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 722 individuals. Reister is most common among White (93.21%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Riester, reiters, retiers, retires, retries, terries, étriers

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Swiss Middle High German reisten (“to spray”).

Noun

Reister m

1. (Uri) poker, firestick

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.