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rutters

rutters is the plural of rutter.

Meaning of rutter

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

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Questions about rutters

What is rutters the plural of?
Rutters is the plural of rutter.

Words near rutters in the dictionary

  1. Rutten
  2. Ruttens
  3. rutter
  4. rutterkin
  5. rutterkins
  6. rutters
  7. ruttier
  8. ruttiers
  9. ruttiest
  10. ruttily
  11. ruttiness

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