cutterman noun3 •One who is employed to operate an industrial cutting tool.The cutting chain guard was not being used and the cutterman had not ensured that his assistant was clear. — 1955 •A member of the U.S. Coast Guard with 7 years or more of sea duty.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. — 2006 •(US, informal) A person who is either unkempt or slovenly. formscuttermen