cutler

¹ American  

[kuht-ler] / ˈkʌt lər /

noun

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

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Cutler ² American  

[kuht-ler] / ˈkʌt lər /

noun

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

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cutler British  

/ ˈkʌtlə /

noun

1. a person who makes or sells cutlery

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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 ( cultellus ) + -ārius -ary; -er ²

Example Sentences

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

The youngster followed him, and received the address of a sword cutler.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford