cutler
noun
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
cutler
1 American
[kuht-ler]
/ ˈkʌt lər /
noun
Cutler
2
American
[kuht-ler]
/ ˈkʌt lər /
noun
cutler
British
/ ˈkʌtlə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of cutler
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
Her father was a cutler and began working in the building in 1968.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2013
I should conjecture, for instance, that the curious name Shoppee is a corruption of Chappuis, the Old French for a carpenter, and that Jacob Shophousey, registered as a German cutler, came from Schaffhausen.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
The coalition is on target to have more than 200 sites operational by the end of the year, Cutler said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Cutler, now with the Asia Society Policy Institute, expects some countries will "mince no words" as they feel they have been unfairly targeted on excess capacity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Improving EV charging is “the last frontier, so to speak,” Ionna CEO Seth Cutler told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
“I’m a venture capitalist. My job is to find young people who I think will do extraordinary things in the world that others can’t,” said the now-retired Cutler, who is a close friend of Kushner’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Lyddie said quickly because the door from the kitchen was moving and suddenly Mistress Cutler was in the dining room.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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