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rutter¹
- /ˈɹʌtə/ UK
- /ˈɹədəɹ/ US
Rhymes with (UK) -ʌtə(ɹ), (US) -ʌdə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to route + ier; see rout.
noun rutters
- 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 braver
rutter²
- /ˈɹʌtə/ UK
- /ˈɹədəɹ/ US
Rhymes with (UK) -ʌtə(ɹ), (US) -ʌdə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle French routier, corresponding to route + -ier.
noun rutters
- 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.
rutter³
- /ˈɹʌtə/ UK
- /ˈɹədəɹ/ US
Rhymes with (UK) -ʌtə(ɹ), (US) -ʌdə(ɹ)
noun rutters
- A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.
- A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.
- The penis. She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.
Rutter⁴
Where it comes from
* As an English surname, from rote (musical instrument), as well as from Old French routier (“robber”)
* As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch ruter (“freebooter”), itself cognate with the Old French term. Also see Reuter.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A community in French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
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noun a pilot book
| Français | routier |
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