cutler
noun
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
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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
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
His father, Hermann Jakobs, a cutler, died while he was an infant, leaving a widow and three children.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
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
Cutler added that Ionna operates one of the largest networks in “key areas” where EVs are popular, such as Northern California and Texas.
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
But Triphena meant Mistress Cutler as well as that lonely, airless attic.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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