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Reitter

Reitter is a German occupational surname, which means a "mounted soldier" or "knight", from the Middle High German ritære (" horseman"). The name may refer to:

  • Christian Reitter, (?–1700) and merchant from Munich that founded the Dallmayr Delicatessen deli&grocery chain
  • David Reitter, (1978-) a cognitive scientist and professor at Penn State, and creator of Aquamacs
  • Ferenc Reitter (1813–1874), a Hungarian architect and engineer
  • Edmund Reitter (1845–1920), a Moravia-born Austrian-German entomologist, writer, collector, beetle expert
  • Edmund Reitter (1904–2005), an Austrian sculptor
  • Paul Reitter, an author and professor in Germanic Languages and Literatures at Ohio State
  • Brauerei Reitter, a brand of German micro-brew

Usage examples of "reitter".

Sergeant Reitter was hurriedly transferred home so that he could be forced to marry her.

Then, however, came the miscarriage, so Reitter was sent promptly back to the front again.