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cutterman

noun

Etymology

There may be some tie to the Slate Belt region, USA, where Cornish and Welsh quarrymen of the last two centuries were likely referred to as cutters.

  1. inherited from cutter
  2. suffixed as cutterman — “cutter + man”

Definitions

  1. A person who is either unkempt or slovenly.

  2. One who is employed to operate an industrial cutting tool.

    • While the paper is running through the machine the cutterman must carefully watch for creases, which indicate that the roll is running too loose and necessitate the application of resin, and for drags in the paper and breaks in the roll.
    • The cutting chain guard was not being used and the cutterman had not ensured that his assistant was clear.

  3. A member of the U.S. Coast Guard with 7 years or more of sea duty.

    • The result is that from the summer of 1999 to the summer of 2000 five out of the seven rear admirals who served as operational district commanders and all four vice admirals wore no cutterman or aviator insignia.
    • She would have her cutterman's pin before the year was out, denoting seven years' sea duty, which included two years' command of a one-ten white hull out of Eureka, California.
    • Visitors to the site will see that alongside the names, a poem titled Hurrah for the Sea and a cutterman insignia have also been engraved onto the plaques.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA