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Definition of Butcher
1. Verb. Kill (animals) usually for food consumption. "They want to Butcher the prisoners "; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
Specialized synonyms: Chine
Generic synonyms: Kill
Entails: Cut
Derivative terms: Butchery, Butchery, Butchery, Slaughter, Slaughterer
2. Noun. A retailer of meat.
3. Noun. A brutal indiscriminate murderer.
4. Noun. A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market.
Specialized synonyms: Knacker
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Slaughter
5. Noun. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
Generic synonyms: Incompetent, Incompetent Person
Derivative terms: Blunder, Botch, Bumble, Bungle, Bungle, Butcherly, Fumble, Stumble
Definition of Butcher
1. n. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
2. v. t. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
Definition of Butcher
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An occupational from=Middle English dot=) for a butcher. ¹
2. Noun. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals). ¹
3. Noun. A brutal or indiscriminate killer. ¹
4. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang, via ''butcher's hook'') A look. ¹
5. Noun. A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses , etc. (old, informal). ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To kill brutally. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To ruin something, often to the point of defamation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butcher
1. to slaughter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: slaughter
Medical Definition of Butcher
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1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. "[Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered." (Ford)
Origin: Butchered; . Butchering.
1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. "Butcher of an innocent child.