rutter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rutter
1490–1500; variant of ruttier < Middle French routier, equivalent to route route + -ier -ier 2
Example Sentences
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Watson, a DeepQA-based supercomputer, beat Jeopardy champs Jenninga and Brad rutter in a practice round yesterday, as reported by PC World.
From Inc ● Jan. 14, 2011
Reuter, a trooper, which has given the sixteenth-century Eng. rutter, but not as a surname.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
Dot wessel looks like she’s lost her rutter, und if she gets off dem rocks dot captain needs a medal.
From Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
He’s lost dot rutter und he’s backing on his enchines!
From Boy Scouts in the North Sea The Mystery of a Sub by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
He says, "German ritter, a rider, i.e. a trooper," and quotes from Halliwell, "rutter, a rider, a trooper, from the German; a name given to mercenary soldiers engaged from Brabant, etc."
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
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