English Explanatory Dictionary

righter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who puts right; someone who does justice or redresses wrong.
adj
  1. comparative form of right: more right
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

righter righters

Etymology

From Middle English *rightere, from Old English rihtere (“a ruler; director”), from Proto-Germanic *rehtārijaz, equivalent to right + -er (agent suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gjuchter (“one who makes right; judge”), West Frisian rjochter (“one who makes right; judge”), Dutch rechter (“one who makes right; judge”), German Low German Richter (“one who makes right; judge”), German Richter (“one who makes right; judge”), Icelandic réttari (“a justiciary”).

Related words

alt-righter far-righter self-righter
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