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hauter

hauter adjective: higher or better.

Adjective

hauter

  1. (nonstandard) Higher or better.
    • […] haute cuisine and even hauter ceilings under which you'll find a very dressy publishing crowd at lunch.1990, Nan Lyons, New York City 1990 (page 54)
    • […] hauter than thou product of one of the world's most renowned chefs, Daniel Boulud, Brazilian Court will undoubtedly replace the haute cuisine Italian mainstay, Bice Restaurant (p. 327), as Palm Beach's number one place to […]2003, Lesley Abravanel, Jim Tunstall, Cynthia Tunstall, Frommer's Florida 2004, page 322

Proper noun capitalized: Hauter

Hauter (plural Hauters)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of hauter

pluralHauters

Origin of hauter

French haut + English -er.

Borrowed from German Häuter.

Questions about hauter

What does hauter mean?
Hauter means higher or better.
What part of speech is hauter?
Hauter can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near hauter in the dictionary

  1. haute-piece
  2. haute-pieces
  3. Haute-Savoie
  4. Haute-Saône
  5. Haute-Vienne
  6. hauter
  7. Hauterivian
  8. Hauters
  9. Hautes-Alpes
  10. Hautes-Pyrénées
  11. hautest

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