Reitter is a

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occupational surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

, which means a "mounted soldier" or "knight", from the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; or ; , shortened as ''Mhdt.'' or ''Mhd.'') is the term for the form of High German, High German language, German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High ...

''ritære'' ("

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"). Notable people with the surname include: *

Edmund Reitter Edmund Reitter (22 October 1845 – 15 March 1920) was an Austrian entomologist, writer and a collector. Biography Edmund Reitter was best known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic. He was an imperial advisor and editor of the ' ...

(1845–1920), a Moravia-born Austrian-German entomologist, writer, collector, beetle expert *

(1904–2005), an Austrian sculptor *

Ferenc Reitter Ferenc Reitter (born as Franz Reitter, March 1, 1813 in Temesvár, Hungary (now Timișoara, Romania) – December 9, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary)Johann Daniel von Reitter Johann Daniel von Reitter (21 October 1759 – 6 February 1811) was a German forester, hunter, educator, and botanist who worked in the court of the rulers of Württemberg. Reitter was born in Böblingen Böblingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Wü ...

(1759–1811), German forester and botanist * Brauerei Reitter, a brand of German micro-brew Beer Advocate: Reitte

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{{surname, Reitter German-language surnames

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