cutter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who cuts or carves stone
    stonecutter.
  2. noun someone who carves the meat
    carver.
  3. noun someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
  4. noun a boat for communication between ship and shore
    tender; pinnace; ship's boat.
  5. noun a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
  6. noun a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
    cutting tool; cutlery.

WordNet

Cut"ter noun
Definitions
  1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.
  2. That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.
  3. A fore tooth; an incisor. Ray.
  4. (Naut.) (a) A boat used by ships of war. (b) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead. (c) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.
  5. A small, light one-horse sleigh.
  6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.
  7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. Obs.
  8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut. Knight.

Webster 1913