(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

To herd or farm reindeer

A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child. / (figuratively) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.

(transitive) To direct or stop a horse by using reins. / (transitive) To restrain; to control; to check. / (intransitive) To obey directions given with the reins.

(now rare, archaic, chiefly in plural) A kidney. / The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.

A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body. / The philosophy of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs. / A fresh embodiment.

To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

(transitive) to regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

The exercise of sovereign power. / The period during which a monarch rules. / The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch. / (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country) / To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.