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 drove up and down Regent Street three times in vain to find your identical cutler, Mr. Kingsbury: perhaps he has left off business, and some one else has taken his shop.
From Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble
“I’m old enough to be his father and he’s sitting there talking to me like a friend,” Cutler said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Wodehouse caper: “Jacqui Cutler trudged into her expansive kitchen, looking every bit as worn out and miserable as someone who had spent the morning digging potatoes, which she most certainly had not.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Cutler said this has a lower likelihood of being overridden by courts, noting Trump's top trade official Jamieson Greer had carefully navigated procedural requirements before imposing duties.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The biggest cheers of the night came for the hometown fighters with Bournemouth middleweight Lee Cutler also picking up a win.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Mistress Cutler watched Lyddie like a barn cat on a sparrow, but Lyddie was determined not to give her cause for complaint.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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