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Rein

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname from German.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from German.

Etymology

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rein, comparable to the first element of several surnames such as Reinhardt, Reinbold, etc., from Proto-Germanic *raginą. * As an English surname, variant of Rain. Possibly also a habitational surname related to Rhine.

Forms

plural
Reins
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