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butcher
/ˈbʊt͡ʃɚ/
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What does butcher mean?
noun
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- (figuratively) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- (slang) A look.
More meanings (9)
verb
- To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
- To work as a butcher.
- To kill brutally.
- To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
- To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
adjective
- comparative form of butch: more butch
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.
noun
- (informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
- (archaic) A king playing card.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbʊt͡ʃɚ/
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He picked up a fragment of cheese, by pecking upon it with his knife, as a butcher picks up skewers.
He adjusted a keen butcher knife over his leather belt, which held a warm buffalo robe securely about his body.
More book examples (3)
We came to the house of the wounded butcher, which was some way out of the town in the north-western suburb.
For months together we might become almost independent of butcher and doctor if we made our places produce all that nature permits.
The butcher was accustomed to purchase sheep and kine in the vicinity, which, when fattened, he drove to Alston market and sold.