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butcher

butc·her

UK/ˈbɵt͡ʃə/ US/ˈbʊt͡ʃə/ fairly common informal slang
verb (1) noun (4)

verb

1.

kill (animals) usually for food consumption

  • “They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter”
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noun

1.

a retailer of meat

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2.
3.

a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

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4.

Origin

From Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from Old French bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”), from Frankish *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male goat, male deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, ram”). See also English buck.

Phrases

  • Bibi the Butcher
  • butcher bird
  • butcher block
  • butcher blue
  • butcher boy
  • butcher knife
  • butcher paper
  • butcher's apron

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