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rutter

UK/ˈɹʌtə/US/ˈɹədəɹ/

rutter noun: a horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Noun (1)

rutter (plural rutters)

  1. (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 braverc. 1611, John Fletcher, The Woman's Prize, Act I, scene iv

Noun (2)

rutter (plural rutters)

  1. (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.1975, James Clavell, Shōgun, Random House, published 2009, page 13

Noun (3)

rutter (plural rutters)

  1. (Scotland) A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.
  2. (Canada, US, historical) A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.
  3. (slang) The penis.
    • She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 321

Proper noun capitalized: Rutter

Rutter

  1. A surname.
  2. A community in French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

rutter meaning in Tamil

rutter in Tamil

குதிரைவீரன்

Forms of rutter

pluralrutters

Origin of rutter

From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to route + ier; see rout.

From Middle French routier, corresponding to route + -ier.

From rut + -er.

Questions about rutter

What does rutter mean?
Rutter means a horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
What is rutter in Tamil?
Rutter in Tamil is குதிரைவீரன். See Rutter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rutter?
Rutter can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rutter?
Rutter is pronounced /ˈɹʌtə/ (UK).
What is the plural of rutter?
The plural of rutter is rutters.

Words near rutter in the dictionary

  1. rutted
  2. ruttee
  3. ruttees
  4. Rutten
  5. Ruttens
  6. rutter
  7. rutterkin
  8. rutterkins
  9. rutters
  10. ruttier
  11. ruttiers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rutter (page history and authors); Rutter (page history and authors); Rutter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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