"rutter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌtə/ [UK], /ˈɹədəɹ/ [US] Audio: En-au-rutter.ogg [Australia] Forms: rutters [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ʌtə(ɹ), (US) -ʌdə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to rout + -ier. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|ruter}} Middle Dutch ruter, {{m|dum|rutter}} rutter, {{m|dum|ruiter}} ruiter, {{der|en|frm|routier||mercenary soldier}} Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), {{suffix|en|rout|ier}} rout + -ier Head templates: {{en-noun}} rutter (plural rutters)
  1. (historical) A horseman or cavalryman, especially a German one, associated with the wars of the 16th and 17th centuries. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-rutter-en-noun-sRU2b8ni
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌtə/ [UK], /ˈɹədəɹ/ [US] Audio: En-au-rutter.ogg [Australia] Forms: rutters [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ʌtə(ɹ), (US) -ʌdə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle French routier, corresponding to route + -ier. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|routier}} Middle French routier, {{suffix|en|route|ier}} route + -ier Head templates: {{en-noun}} rutter (plural rutters)
  1. (historical) A set of instructions for navigating a course at sea; a pilot's book or seaman's guide. Tags: historical Translations (a pilot book): logboek or scheepsjournaal (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-rutter-en-noun-U54GVFJg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌtə/ [UK], /ˈɹədəɹ/ [US] Audio: En-au-rutter.ogg [Australia] Forms: rutters [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ʌtə(ɹ), (US) -ʌdə(ɹ) Etymology: From rut + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rut|er}} rut + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} rutter (plural rutters)
  1. (now chiefly Scotland) A tool used in peat cutting or for marking off ground. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-rutter-en-noun-NabT4gQq Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (Canada, US, now historical) A type of plough used by lumberjacks to carve a track for a sleigh. Tags: Canada, US, historical
    Sense id: en-rutter-en-noun-H9An4j8T Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  3. (slang) The penis. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Genitalia
    Sense id: en-rutter-en-noun-JrEPyTmp Disambiguation of Genitalia: 7 19 19 21 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Rut
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.