Meanings
rebutter1
plural rebutters
- One who drives back or repulses
- One who makes a rebuttal.
- lawA rebuttal; the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
rebutter2
present singular third person rebutters · participle present rebuttering · participle past rebuttered · past rebuttered
- transitiveTo apply butter to (something) again.
'Holy cow!' Johnny absent-mindedly rebuttered a piece of toast. 'And we thought climate-change was bad!'
2006, Tango Wayne, Scandinal, page 782 more examples
He dared to rebutter his bread with the original flavor of his stoicism, the western, but has once again left such films behind to die and has moved on.
1996 June, Craig D. Reed, “'Rumble in the Bronx' Stars Hits the Big Time in America After Years of Success in Asia”, in Black Belt Magazine, page 124It consisted of a thick white porridge leavened with yeast and eaten together with a boiled potato. It was often served seven days in a row, which meant it was reheated and rebuttered seven times over.
1997, Josef Hiršal, Michael Henry Heim, A Bohemian Youth, page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
noun(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
rebutter · verb
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷous
- Ancient Greekβοῦς (boûs)
- Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*tuh₂rós
- Proto-Hellenic*tūrós
- Ancient Greekτυρός (turós)
- Ancient Greekβούτῡρον (boútūron)
- Latinbūtȳrum
- Proto-West Germanic*buterā
- Old Englishbutere
- Middle Englishbuter
- Englishbutter
- Englishrebutter
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rebutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebutter
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