Associations to the word «Reiter»

Wiktionary

REITER, noun. (now historical) A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Dictionary definition

REITER, noun. German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969).

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche