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   Butch·er

   /ˈbo͝oCHər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop. Similar meat sellermeat merchantmeat traderslaughtererslaughtermanarchaic:flesher
   • ▪ a person who slaughters and cuts up animals for food: "a pork butcher" Similar meat sellermeat merchantmeat traderslaughtererslaughtermanarchaic:flesher
   • ▪ a person who kills people indiscriminately or brutally: "a callous butcher of men" Similar murderermass murdererslaughtererkillerassassinserial killerhomicidal maniacdestroyerterminatorliquidatorliterary:slayerdated:cutthroathomicide
   • 2. a person selling refreshments, newspapers, and other items on a train or in a stadium or theater. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food: "the meat will be butchered for the local market" Similar slaughtercut upcarve upslice upjointpreparedress
   • ▪ kill (a person or people) indiscriminately or brutally: "they rounded up and butchered 250 people" Similar massacremurderslaughterkillput to deathdispatchdispose ofdestroyexterminateliquidateeliminateterminateassassinateput to the swordcut downcut to piecesliterary:slay
   • ▪ ruin (something) deliberately or through incompetence: "the film was butchered by the studio that released it" Similar spoilruinmarmutilatemanglecut aboutmess upmake a mess ofwreckinformal:murdermake a hash ofmuck upscrew uplouse up

   Word Origin Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as buck1.

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