"righter" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English rightere, rihtere, from Old English rihtra, comparative of riht (“right”), equivalent to right + -er (comparative suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rightere}} Middle English rightere, {{m|enm|rihtere}} rihtere, {{inh|en|ang|rihtra}} Old English rihtra, {{m|ang|riht||right}} riht (“right”), {{suffix|en|right|er|pos2=comparative suffix}} right + -er (comparative suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|comparative adjective}} righter
  1. comparative form of right: more right Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: right (extra: more right)
    Sense id: en-righter-en-adj-i7fYXKWR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: righters [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*rightere}} Middle English *rightere, {{inh|en|ang|rihtere||a ruler; director}} Old English rihtere (“a ruler; director”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*rehtārijaz}} Proto-Germanic *rehtārijaz, {{suffix|en|right|er|pos2=agent suffix}} right + -er (agent suffix), {{cog|stq|Gjuchter||one who makes right; judge}} Saterland Frisian Gjuchter (“one who makes right; judge”), {{cog|fy|rjochter||one who makes right; judge}} West Frisian rjochter (“one who makes right; judge”), {{cog|nl|rechter||one who makes right; judge}} Dutch rechter (“one who makes right; judge”), {{cog|nds-de|Richter||one who makes right; judge}} German Low German Richter (“one who makes right; judge”), {{cog|de|Richter||one who makes right; judge}} German Richter (“one who makes right; judge”), {{cog|is|réttari||a justiciary}} Icelandic réttari (“a justiciary”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} righter (plural righters)
  1. Someone who puts right; someone who does justice or redresses wrong. Categories (topical): People Related terms: alt-righter, far-righter, self-righter
    Sense id: en-righter-en-noun-5nMdVm4B Disambiguation of People: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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