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butcher

[ booch-er ]

noun

  1. a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
  2. a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.
  3. a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc.


verb (used with object)

  1. to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.
  2. to kill indiscriminately or brutally.
  3. to bungle; botch:

    to butcher a job.

butcher

/ ˈ²úÊŠ³Ùʃə /

noun

  1. a retailer of meat
  2. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
  3. an indiscriminate or brutal murderer
  4. a person who destroys, ruins, or bungles something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat
  2. to kill indiscriminately or brutally
  3. to make a mess of; botch; ruin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú³Ü³Ù³¦³óİù·±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²ú³Ü³Ù³¦³óİù±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of butcher1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English bocher, from Anglo-French; Old French bo(u)chier, equivalent to bo(u)c “he-goat†(from unattested Gaulish bucco-; compare Old Irish boc, Welsh bwch; akin to buck 1 ) + -ier -ier 2 ( -er 2 )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of butcher1

C13: from Old French bouchier , from bouc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; see buck 1; compare Welsh bwch he-goat
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