butcher (verb)

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• butcher — ► NOUN 1) a person who cuts up and sells meat as a trade. 2) a person who slaughters animals for food. 3) a person who kills brutally or indiscriminately. ► VERB 1) slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food. 2) kill (someone) brutally. 3) …   English terms dictionary

• butcher — c.1300, from Anglo Norm. boucher, from O.Fr. bochier butcher, executioner, probably lit. slaughterer of goats (12c., Mod.Fr. boucher), from bouc male goat, from Frank. *bukk (see BUCK (Cf. buck) (n.1)) or Celtic *bukkos he goat. Related …   Etymology dictionary

• butcher — [[t]b ʊtʃə(r)[/t]] butchers, butchering, butchered 1) N COUNT A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies. 2) N COUNT: oft the N A butcher or a… …   English dictionary

• butcher — I UK [ˈbʊtʃə(r)] / US [ˈbʊtʃər] noun [countable] Word forms butcher : singular butcher plural butchers * 1) someone whose job is to sell meat and sometimes also to kill animals for meat. The shop they work in is called a butcher s or a butcher s… …   English dictionary

• butcher — noun a person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop. ↘a person who slaughters and cuts up animals for food. ↘a person who kills brutally. verb 1》 slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.     ↘kill (someone) brutally. 2》 ruin… …   English new terms dictionary

• butcher — [ˈbʊtʃə] noun [C] I someone whose job is to sell meat. The shop they work in is called a butcher s or a butcher s shop. II verb [T] butcher [ˈbʊtʃə] 1) to kill an animal and cut it up so that it can be eaten 2) to kill someone, often a lot of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• butcher — 1. noun /ˈbʊtʃ.ə(ɹ),ˈbʊʧ.ɚ/ a) A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals). He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days... b) A brutal or …   Wiktionary

• butcher — butch|er1 [ butʃər ] noun count * 1. ) someone whose job is to sell meat and sometimes also to kill animals for meat. The store they work in is called a butcher s shop. 2. ) someone who has killed someone, often a lot of people, in a cruel and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• butcher — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who owns or works in a shop that sells meat 2 the butcher s a shop where you can buy meat 3 someone who has killed a lot of people cruelly and unnecessarily 4 have/take a butcher s BrE slang to have a look at something 2 verb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• butcher — 1. noun 1) a butcher s shop Syn: meat seller, meat vendor, meat trader 2) a Nazi butcher Syn: murderer, slaughterer, killer, assassin; literary slayer; dated cutthroat, homicide 2. verb 1) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• butcher — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bocher, from Anglo French, from buc he goat, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Irish bocc he goat more at buck Date: 13th century 1. a. a person who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh b. a dealer… …   New Collegiate Dictionary