rutter
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 6
/ˈɹʌtə/
(UK)
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/ˈɹʌtə/ (UK) · /ˈɹədəɹ/ (US)
Definition of rutter
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
“Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver”
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noun
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(historical)A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
“Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver”
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(historical)A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.
“But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who wrote it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it.”
- (Scotland)A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.
- (Canada, US, historical)A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.
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(slang)The penis.
“She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.”
name
- A surname.
- A community in French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to route + ier; see rout.
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