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 -er 2
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Born Georgie Hunter Rae in Rose Street in Edinburgh, she was the youngest of five children by parents Alexander Rae, a cutler, and his wife Mary Hunter.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022
After many, many steak dinners, your knives will need to be re-sharpened—something you can do at home or have done professionally at any good cutler for a few dollars per blade.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2019
He teamed up with the Sheffield cutler R F Mosley, and after the war the first stainless steel knives, forks and spoons began to be mass produced.
From BBC • May 22, 2015
In 1913 a metallurgist named Harry Brearley took a corrosion resistant steel alloy he had developed to a cutler at Portland Works, and the first ever stainless steel cutlery was born.
From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2013
The cutler now brought an action against the rear-admiral, and he was, as he had put his name to the paper, obliged to pay the account.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
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