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Answer for the clue "German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969) ", 6 letters:
reiter

Word definitions for reiter in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reiter \Rei"ter\ (r?"t?r), n. [G., rider.] A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context now historical English) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Reiter (German for horserider), is a type of cavalry, which appeared in the armies of Western Europe in the 16th century Reiter may also refer to: Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a German group of expressionist artists in the early 20th century Die Apokalyptischen ...

Usage examples of reiter.

That leaves us Father Lavigny, Mr Mercado, Mrs Mercado, David Emmott, Carl Reiter, Miss Johnson and Nurse Leatheran.

Nurse Leatheran, Miss Johnson, Mrs Mercado, Mr Mercado, Mr Reiter, Mr Emmott and Father Lavigny.

Miss Johnson and Mrs Mercado were there already, and after a few minutes Mr Mercado, Mr Reiter and Bill Coleman joined us.

Carey and Mr Coleman went out on the dig and Mr Reiter went off to the photographic-room.

The first person we saw was Mr Reiter, who was busy photographing some walling.

Lavigny was just going towards the archway and Mr Reiter was standing in the door of the photographic-room.

If, by any chance, one of the expedition staff was William Bosner, then Reiter was by far the most likely person.

In her treatment of Carl Reiter Mrs Leidner displayed really deliberate cruelty.

Father Lavigny is crossing the courtyard and Mr Reiter is at the door of the photographic-room.

Georg Grosz, Otto Dix and Max Beckmann, the Blaue Reiter group, the Fauves, Alfred Jarry and Brechtian Theatre, in the rich mulch of Anti-Semitism and Fascist insanity.

Kalvan would have liked a better ratio of foot to horse in the Royal Army, but here-and-now mercenaries were predominantly cavalry, reminiscent of the German reiters, Sixteenth Century mercenary pistol-wielding heavy cavalry who had dominated the battlefields of France during the Wars of Religion.