Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rutter \Rut"ter\ (r[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. [D. ruiter a rider. Cf.
   {Ruttier}.]
   A horseman or trooper. [Obs.]

         Such a regiment of rutters Never defied men braver.
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.

Rutter \Rut"ter\, n. [From {Rut}.]
   That which ruts.