Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who makes, repairs, or sells knives or other cutting instruments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One whose occupation is the making of knives and other cutting instruments.
- noun . One who sharpens or repairs cutlery; a knife-grinder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One whose business is making or dealing in
cutlery .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dealer in cutlery
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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-- Will you allow me to state, for the information of T.S. LAWRENCE, who inquires who S.a_lingen, the sword cutler, was, -- that S.o_lingen is the name of a small town near
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_ -- Will any kind friend inform me where any history is to be found of "Andrea Ferrara," the sword cutler?
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Eber, the sword cutler, lived there and, spite of the large sum he owed him, Seitz wished to talk with him about the sharp weapons he needed for the joust.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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"By your knock, my lord," Biberli interrupted, we really thought the sword cutler had come with hammer and anvil.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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"By your knock, my lord," Biberli interrupted, we really thought the sword cutler had come with hammer and anvil.
In the Fire of the Forge — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Eber, the sword cutler, lived there and, spite of the large sum he owed him, Seitz wished to talk with him about the sharp weapons he needed for the joust.
In the Fire of the Forge — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Eber, the sword cutler, lived there and, spite of the large sum he owed him, Seitz wished to talk with him about the sharp weapons he needed for the joust.
In the Fire of the Forge — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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"Tibble Steelman would think nought of a beggarly stranger calling himself a sword cutler, and practising the craft without prenticeship or license," said Stephen, swelling with indignation.
The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The man, in whose hands it was first seen, continued Granvelle, was a sword cutler, a godson of the Count.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 07: 1561-62 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The man, in whose hands it was first seen, continued Granvelle, was a sword cutler, a godson of the Count.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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