cutler

¹

[ kuht-ler ]

noun

1. a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.

Cutler

²

[ kuht-ler ]

noun

1. Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.

cutler

/ ˈkʌtlə /

noun

1. a person who makes or sells cutlery

Word History and Origins

Origin of cutler¹

1350–1400; Middle English cuteler < Anglo-French, cognate with Middle French coutelier < Late Latin cultellārius, equivalent to Latin cultell ( us ) knife ( cultellus ) + -ārius -ary; -er ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of cutler¹

C14: from French coutelier, ultimately from Latin culter knife; see cutlass

Example Sentences

One of them, Richard Edwards, a former master cutler, wrote an article in the Sheffield Star urging a focus on community cohesion.

From The Guardian

In 1895, King Camp Gillette was struggling to shave his trademark whiskers with a blunt razor and realised he’d have to send it to a cutler or a barber to be sharpened yet again.

From The Guardian

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

If you felt that way about cutler as a fan, imagine how a guy charged with changing the mistake-prone quarterback feels.

From Chicago Tribune

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