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Gunter¹

Rhymes with -ʊntə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From German Gunther, from Proto-West Germanic *Gunþihari, from Proto-Germanic *Gunþiharjaz.

proper noun

  1. obsolete A male given name from the Germanic languages used in medieval England.
  2. A surname.
  3. A city in Grayson County, Texas, United States.
  4. obsolete, slang Gunter's chain.

gunter²

Where it comes from

Named after Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and geometer. Compare Gunter's chain. For the surname, see Gunter.

noun gunters

  1. A wire that leads from a point near the end of a gaff to a point near the other end. A block travels along this wire, and a halyard is attached to the block. This allows the gaff to be raised to the vertical by a single halyard.
  2. A set of hoops or parrel beads which secure the gaff loosely to the mast in a vertical position.

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name male given name

DeutschGünter, Günther

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@misc{gunter_2026,
  title = {gunter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gunter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}