Meaning

noun a column of light (as from a beacon)

noun a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

noun (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

origin* As an English surname, from pet forms derived from the root of Raymond. * Also as an English surname, from Old French rei (“king”). Compare Roy, King. * Also as an English surname, from Old English rā (“roe deer”). Compare Roe. * Also as an English surname, variant of Wray and Rye. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McRae. * As a French surname, from the verb raier (“to gush out,…

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