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cutter

/ˈkʌtɚ/ noun

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  1. A person or device that cuts (in various senses).
    a stone cutter; a die cutter
  2. A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.
  3. A motorized vessel used in law enforcement purpose
    a coastguard cutter.

Origin

From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.

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