vetter
Syllables: vet·terUK/ˈvɛtə/US/ˈvɛtɚ/
vetter is the agent noun of vet.
Meaning of vet
Noun (1)
vet (plural vets)
- A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
- Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian
Noun (2)
vet (plural vets)
- A veteran (a former soldier or other member of armed forces).
- “A former soldier, sir. A vet. Theyʼre all vets, a little shellshocked.”1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 73
Proper noun capitalized: Vetter
Vetter (plural Vetters)
- A surname from German.
Forms of vetter
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vetters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Vetters |
Origin of vetter
From vet + -er.
Borrowed from German Vetter.
Words that rhyme with vetter
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Questions about vetter
- What does vetter mean?
- Vetter means a surname from German.
- What is vetter the agent noun of?
- Vetter is the agent noun of vet.
- What part of speech is vetter?
- Vetter is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce vetter?
- Vetter is pronounced /ˈvɛtə/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: vetter (page history and authors); Vetter (page history and authors); vet (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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