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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to rout + -ier.
Noun
rutter (plural rutters)
- (historical) A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
c. 1611, John Fletcher, The Woman's Prize, Act I, scene iv:Such a regiment of rutters / Never defied men braver
Etymology 2
From Middle French routier, corresponding to route + -ier.
Noun
rutter (plural rutters)
- (historical) A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide.
1975, James Clavell, Shōgun, Random House, published 2009, page 13:But a rutter was only as good as the pilot who write it, the scribe who hand-copied it, the very rare printer who printed it, or the scholar who translated it.
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Etymology 3
From rut + -er.
Noun
rutter (plural rutters)
- (now chiefly Scotland) A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground.
- (Canada, US, now historical) A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh.
- (slang) The penis.
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 321:She moved my rutter so that it was not poking into her. We fell asleep.
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Noun
rutter
- indefinite plural of rutt