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Webster 1913 Edition

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(r?′?s or r?z)

Noun.

[Pg., pl. of

real

, an ancient Portuguese coin.]

The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.

(rīs)

Noun.

[Ar.

raïs

head, chief, prince.]

A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship.

[Written also

rais

and

ras