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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024butch•er /ˈbʊtʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one who kills animals and prepares the meat for food or for market;
one who sells meat in a shop:He worked as a butcher in the stockyards. - a person guilty of brutal murder:The prison commander was known as the "butcher'' because of all the executions he ordered.
v. [~ + object] - to slaughter (animals) and prepare the meat for market:He butchered the calf.
- to kill brutally or excessively:He butchered thousands of civilians.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024butch•er (bŏŏch′ər),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
v.t. - to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.
- to kill indiscriminately or brutally.
- to bungle;
botch:to butcher a job.
- Gaulish *bucco-; compare Old Irish boc, Welsh bwch; akin to buck1) + -ier -ier2 (see -er2)
- Anglo-French; Old French bo(u)chier, equivalent. to bo(u)c he-goat (
- Middle English bocher 1250–1300
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged killer, cutthroat.
- 5, 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See slaughter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: butcher /ˈbʊtʃə/ n - a retailer of meat
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- an indiscriminate or brutal murderer
vb (transitive)- to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat
- to kill indiscriminately or brutally
- to make a mess of; botch; ruin
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French bouchier, from bouc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; see buck1; compare Welsh bwch he-goat |