cutler

[kuht-ler] Origin

cut·ler

[kuht-ler]
noun
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English cuteler < Anglo-French, cognate with Middle French coutelier < Late Latin cultellārius, equivalent to Latin cultell(us) knife (see cultellus) + -ārius -ary; see -er2

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Cutler is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Cut·ler

[kuht-ler]
noun
Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
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cutler (ˈkʌtlə)
 
n
a person who makes or sells cutlery
 
[C14: from French coutelier, ultimately from Latin culter knife; see cutlass]

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cutler
c.1400, from Fr. coutelier, from L. cultellarius, from cultellus "knife" (see cutlass).
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