cutler

[ kuht-ler ]

noun
  1. a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.

Origin of cutler

1
1350–1400; Middle English cuteler<Anglo-French, cognate with Middle French coutelier<Late Latin cultellārius, equivalent to Latin cultell(us) knife (see cultellus) + -ārius-ary; see -er2

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Cutler
[ kuht-ler ]

noun
  1. Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.

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cutler

/ (ˈkʌtlə) /


noun
  1. a person who makes or sells cutlery

Origin of cutler

1
C14: from French coutelier, ultimately from Latin culter knife; see cutlass

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