schutter

See also: Schutter and schütter

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schutter, schuttre, schotter, scuttere, alteration of earlier schutte, scutte (“shooter”), from Old Dutch *scutto, from Proto-Germanic *skutjô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxʏtər/

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• Rhymes: -ʏtər

Noun

schutter m (plural schutters, diminutive schuttertje n)

1. marksman, shooter

Derived terms

• schutterij
• boogschutter
• scherpschutter

Related terms

• schieten

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: sketer, schutter