Standard Lemma guide

cutler

name · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈkʌtlɚ/
  • rhymes with -ʌtlə(ɹ)
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH1 T L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname originating as an occupation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 3

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 4

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

A neighbourhood in the village of Palmetto Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 5

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

A village in Perry County, Illinois.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 6

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Indiana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 7

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

A township in Franklin County, Kansas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 8

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

A town in Washington County, Maine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 9

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

An unincorporated community in Aitkin County, Minnesota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 10

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

An unincorporated community in Washington County, Ohio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 11

A placename in the United States, from the surname:

A town and unincorporated community therein, in Juneau County, Wisconsin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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12

noun

Meaning 12

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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13

noun

Meaning 13

a dealer in cutlery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger

History

Etymology

Occupational surname from cutler.

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

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَكَاكِينِيّ (sakākīniyy) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Armenian: դանակագործ (danakagorc) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Basque: aiztogile — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Bulgarian: ножар (nožar) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Catalan: daguer — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Catalan: daguera — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Catalan: colteller — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Catalan: coltellera — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Czech: nožíř — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Danish: knivsmed — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Dutch: messenmaker — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Dutch: messenmaakster — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Finnish: veitsiseppä — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Finnish: veitsentekijä — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Finnish: veitsenteroittaja (sharpener) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • French: coutelier — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • French: coutelière — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • German: Messerschmied — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • German: Messerschmiedin — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Greek: μαχαιροποιός (machairopoiós) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Hungarian: késes — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Icelandic: hnífasmiður — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Italian: coltellinaio — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Italian: coltellinaia — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Central Kurdish: چەقۆکەر (çeqoker) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Macedonian: но́жар (nóžar) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Norwegian Bokmål: knivsmed — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: knivsmed — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Polish: nożownik — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Polish: nożowniczka — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Portuguese: cuteleiro — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Portuguese: cuteleira — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Romanian: cuțitar — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Russian: ножо́вщик (nožóvščik) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Russian: торго́вец ножевы́ми изде́лиями (torgóvec noževými izdélijami) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Serbo-Croatian: nožar — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Spanish: cuchillero — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Spanish: cuchillera — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Swedish: knivsmed — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Turkish: bıçakçı — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیچاقجی (bıçakcı) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
  • Ottoman Turkish: سلونز (sulünez, sülünez) — One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery
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