FromMiddle English*rightere, fromOld Englishrihtere(“a ruler; director”), fromProto-Germanic*rehtārijaz, equivalent toright +‎-er(agent suffix). Cognate withSaterland FrisianGjuchter(“one who makes right; judge”),West Frisianrjochter(“one who makes right; judge”),Dutchrechter(“one who makes right; judge”),German Low GermanRichter(“one who makes right; judge”),GermanRichter(“one who makes right; judge”),Icelandicréttari(“a justiciary”).

righter (pluralrighters)

1. Someone who puts right; someone who does justice or redresses wrong.
   • 1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated byThomas Shelton,The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, forEd[ward] Blount and W. Barret,→OCLC:

     righter of wrongs

FromMiddle Englishrightere,rihtere, fromOld Englishrihtra, comparative ofriht(“right”), equivalent toright +‎-er(comparative suffix).

righter

1. comparative form ofright: moreright

• “righter”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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