"ridder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ridders [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ridder}} Middle English ridder, {{m|enm|rydder}} rydder, {{inh|en|ang|hridder|t=sieve}} Old English hridder (“sieve”), {{cog|ang|hriddel}} Old English hriddel, {{cog|en|riddle|t=sieve}} English riddle (“sieve”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hrīdrā}} Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hrīdrą}} Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, {{m|gem-pro|*hrīdrǭ|t=sieve}} *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*krey-|t=to divide; part; separate; sift}} Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”), {{cog|de|Reiter|t=sieve}} German Reiter (“sieve”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ridder (plural ridders)
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) a sieve Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-ridder-en-noun-nR5Zb4~M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: ridders [plural]
Etymology: rid + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rid|er}} rid + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} ridder (plural ridders)
  1. One who, or that which, rids.
    Sense id: en-ridder-en-noun-bbsm4rZU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 50 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 22 60 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: ridders [present, singular, third-person], riddering [participle, present], riddered [participle, past], riddered [past]
Etymology: From Middle English riddren, from Old English hridrian, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrōną (“to sieve; sift”), from the noun. See above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|riddren}} Middle English riddren, {{inh|en|ang|hridrian}} Old English hridrian, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hrīdrōną|t=to sieve; sift}} Proto-Germanic *hrīdrōną (“to sieve; sift”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ridder (third-person singular simple present ridders, present participle riddering, simple past and past participle riddered)
  1. (transitive) to sieve; sift; riddle Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ridder-en-verb-5r19YY3i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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