Forecutter

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which prepares by cutting

    "In front of each of these is a forecutter to prepare the ground."

Example

More examples

"In front of each of these is a forecutter to prepare the ground."

Etymology

Perhaps from Middle English *forecuttere, forekitter (found only in the sense of "incisor"), equivalent to fore- + cutter.

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