Etymology

cutler

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Today it means: One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery. Full definition →

Middle English coteler ← Anglo-Norman cuteler ← Old French coutelier
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cutler · noun1

  1. Old French · derived fromcoutelier“knife-maker”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcuteler
  3. Middle English · derived fromcoteler“knife-maker”
  4. English todaycutler

From Middle English coteler (“knife-maker”), from Anglo-Norman cuteler, from Old French coutelier (“knife-maker”).

Cutler · proper noun2

Occupational surname from cutler.

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