• a tool for cutting something, especially one intended for cutting a particular thing or for producing a particular shape

  "a biscuit cutter"

• a person who cuts or edits film

  "he's a great cutter—he saved ‘Rocky V’ in the editing room"

• a person in a tailoring establishment who takes measurements and cuts the cloth

  "a lifetime spent as a cutter in the Manhattan rag trade"

• a person who deliberately cuts into their own flesh, as a symptom of psychological or emotional distress

  "a support group for recovering cutters"

• a person who reduces or cuts down on something, especially expenditure

  "a determined cutter of costs"

"a coastguard cutter"

• a ship's boat used for carrying light stores or passengers
• a small fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat with one mast, more than one headsail, and a running bowsprit, used as a fast auxiliary
• a yacht with one mainsail and two foresails

"a one-horse cutter parked in front of the barn"