English Explanatory Dictionary

Reuss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
  2. A surname from German.

Word forms

Reuss Reusses

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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