Ren
proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue
- //rɛn//
A surname from Chinese.
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Variant of RenaissanceinformalClipping of Renaissance, particularly in the context of Renaissance fairs.
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A surname from Chinese.
Etymology
From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 妊 (Rèn), an ancient surname also used as an adjective meaning "pregnant". Doublet of Jen.