Meaning

noun female ruff

noun a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

noun a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

origin* As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s. * Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).

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