Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rutter

/ˈɹədəɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: rut-ter
IPA: /ˈɹədəɹ/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.

noun

A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.

noun

A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.

noun

A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

The penis.

Slang

name

name

A community in French River municipality, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.

Example Sentences

"Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver"
"But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who wrote it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it."
"She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep."

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to route + ier; see rout.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: ruter, routier, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹədəɹ/
British English: /ˈɹʌtə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

rutters (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Rut

Rhymes With

butter utter cutter shutter gutter clutter sutter flutter stutter putter what're nutter

Questions

How do you pronounce rutter?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹədəɹ/.
What does rutter mean?: A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Where does rutter come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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