nutter

noun

1. A person who gathers nuts.
2. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes)An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.

   “That bird who's hanging' out with you is mad like cat piss / Like bread and jam, or a knife going with butter / Face it son, your missus is a nutter!”

   “When I asked Mr Robinson why he'd made his own attempts, he said, 'It gets to be a bug. And I suppose I'm a nutter.'”

3. (obsolete, uncountable)nut butter

   “Nut Butter (Table Nutter) is also recommended.”

   “Among the miscellaneous articles examined, 27 samples of vegetable fat resembling lard were purchased for analysis under the various names of nut lard, nut butter, nutter, palmine, &c. These were passed as genuine.”

name

1. A surname originating as an occupation.