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ruttiers

ruttiers is the plural of ruttier.

Meaning of ruttier

Noun (1)

ruttier (plural ruttiers)

  1. (obsolete) A chart of a course, especially at sea.
    • These charts probably originated as graphic extensions of simple but accurate descriptions of ports, coasts, and customary routes contained in pilot books (ruttiers).1988, Doulglas M Johnston, Theory and History of Ocean Boundary-Making, McGill-Queen’s University Press, pages 61-74

Noun (2)

ruttier (plural ruttiers)

  1. (obsolete) A mounted warrior, or knight
    • He and his troop of Angevine ruttiers had fought like tigers by William’s side, at Hastings[.]1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 21, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 291

Questions about ruttiers

What is ruttiers the plural of?
Ruttiers is the plural of ruttier.

Words near ruttiers in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruttiers (page history and authors); ruttier (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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