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rhys

/ɹis/

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What does rhys mean?

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Welsh.
  2. A surname.

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I returned to the subject of Rhys Goch and his chair, and he returned to the subject of Her Majesty’s ministers, and the fine folks of London.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
Thanks to the fund, a number of translations of various Oriental works has been issued, including volumes by Professor Cowell, Rehatsek, Miss C. M. Ridding, Dr. Gaster and Professor Rhys Davids.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
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It is somewhat difficult to understand how a scholar so eminent as Mr. Rhys Davids should have allowed the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, which published his book, to eliminate all the interesting details regarding the birth of Buddha, and to give so fully everything that seemed to tell against the Roman Catholic Church; cf.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505