rother

Meanings

1. A horned animal, especially an ox.

1. A rudder.

1. A surname.
2. A river in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don at Rotherham.
3. A river in Hampshire and West Sussex, England, which flows into the River Arun.
4. A river in Kent and East Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel.
5. A local government district in East Sussex created in 1974, which is named after the river in East Sussex.

Etymology

From Middle English rother, ruther, reother, from Old English hrūþer, hrȳþer, byforms of hrīþer, hrīþ (“neat; ox”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz, *hrinþaz. Cognate with Dutch rund (“bovine”), German Rind (“bovine; beef”).