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forecutter

forecutter noun: one who, or that which prepares by cutting.

Noun

forecutter (plural forecutters)

  1. One who, or that which prepares by cutting
    • In front of each of these is a forecutter to prepare the ground.1895, Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries, page 165
    • After their meal, farm hands and maidens go out and dance around the last sheaf, the forecutter then cuts it off and the sheaf is brought home under cheering.2011, Michelle Lina Marie Hitchcock, Goddess Holle

Forms of forecutter

pluralforecutters

Origin of forecutter

Perhaps from Middle English *forecuttere, forekitter (found only in the sense of "incisor"), equivalent to fore- + cutter.

Questions about forecutter

What does forecutter mean?
Forecutter means one who, or that which prepares by cutting.
What part of speech is forecutter?
Forecutter is a noun.
What is the plural of forecutter?
The plural of forecutter is forecutters.

Words near forecutter in the dictionary

  1. forecrowns
  2. forecry
  3. forecurse
  4. forecut
  5. forecuts
  6. forecutter
  7. forecutters
  8. foredamn
  9. foredamned
  10. foredate
  11. foredated

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