Meanings
proper noun
- A surname.
During a recent appearance on “The Last Laugh” podcast, the actor, who played Dwight Schrute on the hit NBC comedy, talked about how cringey parts of the series could be.
2025 September 12, Lisa Respers France, “Rainn Wilson says ‘The Office’ was ‘based around clueless, insensitive, racist, sexist people’”, in CNN
Origin
Compare German dialectal Schrute (“turkey”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Schrute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schrute
MLA
“Schrute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schrute. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Schrute,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schrute.
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