slaughtermann.

Forms: Also Middle English slaghter-, Middle English slawter-, 1500s slauter-.

Etymology: < slaughter n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslaughterman.

1. One who kills or slays; an executioner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun]

baneOE

quelmerOE

quellerOE

murderer1340

slaughtermana1350

slayerc1380

killer1535

dispatcher1549

executioner1597

slaughterer?1611

widowmakera1616

mactator1656

zapper1969

a1350 St. Matthew 307 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 135 He þat was þaire slaghter man Vnto þe appostell playnly ran And bare him thurgh with-owten let.

a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 2413 To slea that Beaste and slauterman of the deuyll.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vii. sig. D.viii^v/1 He suffered..the torments of the slaughtermen, and death it selfe.

1611 B. Jonson Catiline v. sig. N All his aides Of Ruffins, Slaues, and other Slaughter-men .

1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 39 Some savage slaughter-men..to drown those males.

1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. ix. 12 Before the slaughtermen are permitted to smite the Lord's enemies.

1899 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 439 Adventurers who had been hired on both sides as slaughter-men.

figurative.a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 118 O he's a terrible Slaughter-man at a Thanksgiving Dinner!1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 113 I know not whether it be from this killing Disposition..that our Satyrists prove such very Slaughter-men.1784 J. Berridge Let. 1 Oct. in Wks. (1864) 412 Mr. Newton has fallen into the hands of a slaughter-man..Dr. Mayhew, who will certainly cleave him down the chine.

2. One whose work or occupation it is to kill cattle, etc., for food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer of animals > [noun]

slaughterman1389

dog-killer1592

slaughterer1648

buffer1699

pork butcher1763

knacker1812

serpenticide1817

vulpicide1826

piggicide1837

canicide1852

ursicidea1861

birdicide1866

insecticide1866

horse-knacker1937

pigeoneer1944

piscicide1953

1389 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 49 Stipendia famulorum..Slawterman, 2s 6d.

1416–17 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 613 Item in feodo del Slawterman.

1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Bouicida, a slaughter man.

1624 J. Davies Psalm xliv Like sheep which Slaughter-men cull out to kill.

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 153 Houses for the Slaughter-men, Sea-men, and Fishers.

1722 London Gaz. No. 6048/4 Richard Gilbert,..Butcher and Slaughter~man.

1810 Sporting Mag. 36 124 No bullock ever fell so clean from the hands of an experienced slaughterman.

1866 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (new ed.) I. 3/1 To give space for one slaughterman to dress a bullock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	slaughterman
释义	slaughtermann. Forms: Also Middle English slaghter-, Middle English slawter-, 1500s slauter-. Etymology: < slaughter n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslaughterman. 1. One who kills or slays; an executioner. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun] baneOE quelmerOE quellerOE murderer1340 slaughtermana1350 slayerc1380 killer1535 dispatcher1549 executioner1597 slaughterer?1611 widowmakera1616 mactator1656 zapper1969 a1350 St. Matthew 307 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 135 He þat was þaire slaghter man Vnto þe appostell playnly ran And bare him thurgh with-owten let. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 2413 To slea that Beaste and slauterman of the deuyll. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vii. sig. D.viii^v/1 He suffered..the torments of the slaughtermen, and death it selfe. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline v. sig. N All his aides Of Ruffins, Slaues, and other Slaughter-men . View more context for this quotation 1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 39 Some savage slaughter-men..to drown those males. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. ix. 12 Before the slaughtermen are permitted to smite the Lord's enemies. 1899 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 439 Adventurers who had been hired on both sides as slaughter-men. figurative.a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 118 O he's a terrible Slaughter-man at a Thanksgiving Dinner!1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 113 I know not whether it be from this killing Disposition..that our Satyrists prove such very Slaughter-men.1784 J. Berridge Let. 1 Oct. in Wks. (1864) 412 Mr. Newton has fallen into the hands of a slaughter-man..Dr. Mayhew, who will certainly cleave him down the chine. 2. One whose work or occupation it is to kill cattle, etc., for food. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer of animals > [noun] slaughterman1389 dog-killer1592 slaughterer1648 buffer1699 pork butcher1763 knacker1812 serpenticide1817 vulpicide1826 piggicide1837 canicide1852 ursicidea1861 birdicide1866 insecticide1866 horse-knacker1937 pigeoneer1944 piscicide1953 1389 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 49 Stipendia famulorum..Slawterman, 2s 6d. 1416–17 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 613 Item in feodo del Slawterman. 1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Bouicida, a slaughter man. 1624 J. Davies Psalm xliv Like sheep which Slaughter-men cull out to kill. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 153 Houses for the Slaughter-men, Sea-men, and Fishers. 1722 London Gaz. No. 6048/4 Richard Gilbert,..Butcher and Slaughter~man. 1810 Sporting Mag. 36 124 No bullock ever fell so clean from the hands of an experienced slaughterman. 1866 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts (new ed.) I. 3/1 To give space for one slaughterman to dress a bullock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1350
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