rainer

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noun

That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.

“c, 1893-1899, Ralph T. H. Griffith (translator), The Vedas Indra, Brhaspati, rainers of treasure, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma.”

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Meanings

rainer1

nounrainer (plural rainers)

plural rainers

  1. rareThat which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.

    c, 1893-1899, Ralph T. H. Griffith (translator), The Vedas Indra, Brhaspati, rainers of treasure, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma.

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    Pressure volume relationships determine the quantity of water discharged from rainers of different sizes of nozzle in a given time over the area of the wetted circles[…]

    1974, Arthur Chapman Barnes, The Sugar Cane, page 190

Rainer2

proper noun
  1. An English and American surname transferred from the given name.

Origin

rainer · noun

From rain + -er.

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Rainer · proper noun

Variant of Rayner, a patronymic surname from a medieval given name from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Also borrowed from modern German.

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Cite this entry
APA

rainer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainer

MLA

“rainer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rainer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rainer.

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