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[ boo ch -er ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbʊtʃ ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.
a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder.
a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc.
verb (used with object) to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.
to kill indiscriminately or brutally.
to bungle; botch: to butcher a job.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of butcher 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 buck1 ) + -ier -ier2 (see -er2 )
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synonym study for butcher 5, 6 . See slaughter.
OTHER WORDS FROM butcher butch·er·er, noun un·butch·ered, adjective Words nearby butcher butanoic acid, butanol, butanone, Butazolidin, butch, butcher , butcherbird, butcher block, butcher knife, butcher linen, butcherly
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Example sentences from the Web for butcher They could fix things and grow things and work with animals and do medical things and butcher pigs and put up preserves.
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It is sold by the pound, cut to order, and presented not on a plate but on a sheet of butcher paper.
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One fateful night in 2009 a team of Navy SEALs grabbed the Butcher of Fallujah—and then everything went wrong.
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Surely the butcher —warmed to generosity by the family patronage—would lend it for the great performance.
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Upon the floor where they intended to butcher them, a large quantity of sand was spread to receive the blood.
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The witnesses on the side of the petition were a butcher woman, a barber's 'prentice, and two or three other inferior people.
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His companions had long ago declared that he was cut out for a surgeon—or a butcher , like his father.
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On the fourth day of January following she was sold to a butcher for ten dollars per cwt., estimated at 1,000 pounds.
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British Dictionary definitions for butcher noun a retailer of meat
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
an indiscriminate or brutal murderer
a person who destroys, ruins, or bungles something
verb (tr) to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat
to kill indiscriminately or brutally
to make a mess of; botch; ruin
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for butcher 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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