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rees

/ɹiz/

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What does rees mean?

noun

  1. plural of ree
  2. plural of Ree (Native American tribe).

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ree
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. plural of REE

proper noun

  1. A surname from Welsh, an Anglicized form of Rhys.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A town on the lower Rhine in Kleve district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹiz/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Rees gives his name as Canis Pomeranius, from Linnaeus, and Chien Loup, from Buffon.
Robert LeightonDogs and All about ThemProject Gutenberg ebook #10991
The people of the tavern which Rees Pritchard frequented had a large he-goat, which went in and out and mingled with the guests.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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The unexpectedness, to use no stronger term, of life in the R.F.C. in war-time is well exemplified by the adventure which befell Major Rees.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
"The most judicious among our mythologists" (says Dr. Rees, "New British Cyclopædia," art.
Ignatius DonnellyAtlantis: The Antedeluvian WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #4032
When these Indians separated into three bands (according to the legend), the boy broke off the nub of the ear and gave it to the Mandans, the big end he gave to the Pawnees, and the middle to the Rees.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966