Rainier

See also: rainier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.

Proper noun

Rainier (countable and uncountable, plural Rainiers)

1. A surname from French.
2. A city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.
3. A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States.
4. A hamlet in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

Derived terms

• Mount Rainier

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rainier is the 35395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Rainier is most common among White (90.57%) individuals.

Noun

Rainier (plural Rainiers)

1. A hybrid cherry cultivar, sweet with a thin skin and thick creamy-yellow flesh.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rainier”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Raineri, Ranieri