Definition of Reises

1. reis [n] - See also: reis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reises

reionises
reionising
reionization
reionizations
reionize
reionized
reionizes
reionizing
reird
reirds
reirrigate
reirrigated
reirrigates
reirrigating
reis
reises (current term)
reishi
reisolate
reisolated
reisolates
reisolating
reisolation
reisolations
reissner's membrane
reissuable
reissue
reissued
reissuer
reissuers
reissues

Literary usage of Reises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Yearsʹ Captivity at Omdurman by Charles Neufeld (1899)
"Stewart, who spoke Turkish and Arabic, asked what was the matter, and decided that judgment was to rest with the oldest of the reises, and he selected the ..."

2. A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years' Captivity at Omdurman by Charles Neufeld (1899)
"A discussion arose between the two reises (pilots) as the island was neared, as to what course to take; the river was running strong, and between the island ..."

3. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"The reises made out great difficulties about descending the cataract, as the water was so low and the steamers were too large, they said, for the passage at ..."

4. My Winter on the Nile: Among the Mummies and Moslems by Charles Dudley Warner (1876)
"The reises are audibly muttering their prayers. ... Everybody is muttering prayers now ; two venerable reises seated on a box in front of the rudder ..."

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