butcher en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈbʉt͡ʃəɾ/ (Scotland)
- /ˈbʊt͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, US)
- /ˈbʊt͡ʃə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbʉt͡ʃəɹ/ (Northern-Ireland)
- /ˈbɵt͡ʃə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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...
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in 'The House Behind the Cedars:
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(figuratively) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
Butcher of an innocent child.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- (Cockney, from butcher's hook, slang) A look.
- (informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
- (archaic, colloquial) A king playing card.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| butchers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
butcher's stripes · butcher bird · news butcher · butcherdom · outbutcher · butcherly · butcher's knife · butcherlike · butcher's bill · butcher paper · butcher block · butcherer · butcher shop · slink butcher · butcher boy · butcher's mourning · pig butcher · butcher's thumb · fit as a butcher's dog · butcher's broom · butcherous · butcher's wart · butcher's block · butcher stripes · butcher's steak · butcher's · horse butcher · butcher blue · butcher knife · butcher's paper · butcherless · butcher's apron · butcherbird · butcheress · butcher's hook · Bibi the Butcher · butchershop · Piccadilly butcher · pork butcher
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (279)
be мясні́к (person who prepares and sells meat) · nrf bouochi (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi बुजकसाब (person who prepares and sells meat) · rup hãsap (person who prepares and sells meat) · grc ἄρταμος (person who prepares and sells meat) · es carnicera (person who prepares and sells meat) · cmn 屠夫 (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · kk қасапшы (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi चिक (person who prepares and sells meat) · fi teurastaja (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Metzlerin (person who prepares and sells meat) · gl buxeo (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Metzler (person who prepares and sells meat) · sv charkuterist (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi कस्साई (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi क़साई (person who prepares and sells meat) · la macellārius (person who prepares and sells meat) · av къасабчи (person who prepares and sells meat) · be мясьні́к (person who prepares and sells meat) · prs قَصَّاب (person who prepares and sells meat) · sv slaktare (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Schlächterin (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · ps قصاب (person who prepares and sells meat) · szl masŏrz (person who prepares and sells meat) · mn ᠢᠷᠭᠠᠴᠢᠨ (person who prepares and sells meat) · hy մսավաճառ (person who prepares and sells meat) · dsb rěznica (person who prepares and sells meat) · kmr serjêker (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg меса́р (person who prepares and sells meat) · io buchisto (person who prepares and sells meat) · kw kiger (person who prepares and sells meat) · ja 肉屋 (person who prepares and sells meat) · et lihunik (person who prepares and sells meat) · th คนขายเนื้อ (person who prepares and sells meat) · it carnefice (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · sl mesarka (person who prepares and sells meat) · gag kasap (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg каса́пка (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · pl rzeźnik (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · nn slaktar (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · sh касапинка (person who prepares and sells meat) · mk месарка (person who prepares and sells meat) · izh mäsnikkä (person who prepares and sells meat) · he קַצָּב (person who prepares and sells meat) · ca carnisser (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · eu harakin (person who prepares and sells meat) · lv miesnieks (person who prepares and sells meat) · hy մսագործ (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · el μακελάρης (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · he שׁוֹחֵט (person who prepares and sells meat) · pdt Fleescha (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi कसाई (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · io karnovendisto (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi क़स्साब (person who prepares and sells meat) · ru мясни́к (person who prepares and sells meat) · sk mäsiar (person who prepares and sells meat) · cs řezník (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · sk mäsiarka (person who prepares and sells meat) · ar قَصَّاب (person who prepares and sells meat) · ka ყასაბი (person who prepares and sells meat) · nap chianchiere (person who prepares and sells meat) · yi קצבֿ (person who prepares and sells meat) · io karno-vendisto (person who prepares and sells meat) · lt mėsininkė (person who prepares and sells meat) · ga búistéir (person who prepares and sells meat) · el κρεοπώλης (person who prepares and sells meat) · be мясні́к (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · ru мясни́к (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · wa botchresse (person who prepares and sells meat) · it macellaio (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Knochenhauer (person who prepares and sells meat) · ml ഇറച്ചിവെട്ടുകാരൻ (person who prepares and sells meat) · cs masař (person who prepares and sells meat) · kw kigores (person who prepares and sells meat) · ar لَحَّام (person who prepares and sells meat) · ota قصاب (person who prepares and sells meat) · ar جَزَّار (person who prepares and sells meat) · nl beenhouwer (person who prepares and sells meat) · mk касап (person who prepares and sells meat) · mk касап (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · cs řeznice (person who prepares and sells meat) · hsb rěznik (person who prepares and sells meat) · sh ка̀сапин (person who prepares and sells meat) · ar جَزَّار (person who prepares and sells meat) · uk кат (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · rup cãsap (person who prepares and sells meat) · be кат (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · hy մսագործ (person who prepares and sells meat) · got 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 (person who prepares and sells meat) · rup cãrnar (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg каса́пин (person who prepares and sells meat) · ckb قەساب (person who prepares and sells meat) · mk месар (person who prepares and sells meat) · wa manguinresse (person who prepares and sells meat) · sw bucha (person who prepares and sells meat) · pl rzeźniczka (person who prepares and sells meat) · sh mȅsār (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg кола́ч (person who prepares and sells meat) · km អ្នកលក់សាច់ (person who prepares and sells meat) · pl masarz (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Katzoff (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi गोघातक (person who prepares and sells meat) · yi שוחט (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Fleischhackerin (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Knochenhauerin (person who prepares and sells meat) · ar جَزَّار (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · fi teurastaja (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · kk етші (person who prepares and sells meat) · sk zabijak (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · de Katzuff (person who prepares and sells meat) · ba итсе (person who prepares and sells meat) · te కసాయి (person who prepares and sells meat) · tl manlalapa (person who prepares and sells meat) · fr boucher (person who prepares and sells meat) · hu mészáros (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg каса́пка (person who prepares and sells meat) · nb slakter (person who prepares and sells meat) · ca carnisser (person who prepares and sells meat) · gd feòladair (person who prepares and sells meat) · gl carniceiro (person who prepares and sells meat) · rm mazler (person who prepares and sells meat) · ml കശാപ്പുകാരൻ (person who prepares and sells meat) · sce migvachi (person who prepares and sells meat) · as কচাই (person who prepares and sells meat) · lez кьасабчи (person who prepares and sells meat) · pt carniceiro (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · grc σφαγεύς (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · eo buĉisto (person who prepares and sells meat) · el χασάπης (person who prepares and sells meat) · scn ucceri (person who prepares and sells meat) · fi lihanleikkaaja (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Metzgerin (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Fleischhauer (person who prepares and sells meat) · ky касапчы (person who prepares and sells meat) · lad kasap (person who prepares and sells meat) · ug قاسساپ (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg кола́чка (person who prepares and sells meat) · ko 푸주한 (person who prepares and sells meat) · tl matador (person who prepares and sells meat) · uk м'ясни́к (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · sh kàsapin (person who prepares and sells meat) · mt biċċier (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Schlachter (person who prepares and sells meat) · eu odolzale (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · rsk месар (person who prepares and sells meat) · hu hóhér (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · ary جزار (person who prepares and sells meat) · az ətçi (person who prepares and sells meat) · arz جزار (person who prepares and sells meat) · rm bacher (person who prepares and sells meat) · ur قَصَّاب (person who prepares and sells meat) · sk zabiják (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · mn яргачин (person who prepares and sells meat) · sw mchinjaji (person who prepares and sells meat) · fo slátrari (person who prepares and sells meat) · nl slager (person who prepares and sells meat) · apw itsįʼ nyiłgeeshí (person who prepares and sells meat) · es carnicero (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · te కసాయి (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · de Fleischhacker (person who prepares and sells meat) · rsk месарка (person who prepares and sells meat) · pt talhante (person who prepares and sells meat) · grc σφαγεύς (person who prepares and sells meat) · grc μάγειρος (person who prepares and sells meat) · mk колач (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · cs řezník (person who prepares and sells meat) · hu tömeggyilkos (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · tr kasap (person who prepares and sells meat) · az qəssab (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Schlächterin (person who prepares and sells meat) · ga feolaire (person who prepares and sells meat) · ro măcelar (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · wa botchî (person who prepares and sells meat) · bn কসাই (person who prepares and sells meat) · io buchero (person who prepares and sells meat) · enm bocher (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · pl masarka (person who prepares and sells meat) · gl beche (person who prepares and sells meat) · lo ຄົນຂາຍຊີ້ນ (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg меса́рка (person who prepares and sells meat) · tg қассоб (person who prepares and sells meat) · da slagter (person who prepares and sells meat) · ce хаспанча (person who prepares and sells meat) · tt итче (person who prepares and sells meat) · cy cigydd (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Fleischer (person who prepares and sells meat) · vo mipugan (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · ru пала́ч (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · dsb rěznik (person who prepares and sells meat) · rm batger (person who prepares and sells meat) · enm bocher (person who prepares and sells meat) · sv styckare (person who prepares and sells meat) · ur قَصائی (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · tt кассап (person who prepares and sells meat) · ajp لَحَّام (person who prepares and sells meat) · sk zabíjač (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · tk gassap (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi कस्साब (person who prepares and sells meat) · vi người hàng thịt (person who prepares and sells meat) · ro măcelăreasă (person who prepares and sells meat) · wa mangon (person who prepares and sells meat) · eo buĉistino (person who prepares and sells meat) · fa-ira قَصَّاب (person who prepares and sells meat) · lv miesniece (person who prepares and sells meat) · cmn 屠夫 (person who prepares and sells meat) · scn ghiancheri (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi कसाई (person who prepares and sells meat) · uk м'яса́р (person who prepares and sells meat) · ur قَصائی (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Schlächter (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · cs masařka (person who prepares and sells meat) · nb slakter (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · ca carnissera (person who prepares and sells meat) · ur بُوچَڑ (person who prepares and sells meat) · ro măcelar (person who prepares and sells meat) · de Fleischerin (person who prepares and sells meat) · it macellaio (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · sk zabijač (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · scn bucceri (person who prepares and sells meat) · eo porkajisto (person who prepares and sells meat) · ar قَصَّاب (person who prepares and sells meat) · lt mėsininkas (person who prepares and sells meat) · egy i-mn:n-H-T30-A1 (person who prepares and sells meat) · la lanius (person who prepares and sells meat) · hu hentes (person who prepares and sells meat) · sh ме̏са̄р (person who prepares and sells meat) · cmn 屠戶 /屠户 (person who prepares and sells meat) · bg каса́пин (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · de Fleischhauerin (person who prepares and sells meat) · uk м'яса́рка (person who prepares and sells meat) · fo slaktari (person who prepares and sells meat) · pl rzeźnik (person who prepares and sells meat) · fr bouchère (person who prepares and sells meat) · sl mesar (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi चिकवा (person who prepares and sells meat) · ota قصاب (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · de Schlächter (person who prepares and sells meat) · ro casap (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · sh ме̏сарица (person who prepares and sells meat) · nn slaktar (person who prepares and sells meat) · bo ཤ་ཁང (person who prepares and sells meat) · ka ყასაბი (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · de Metzger (person who prepares and sells meat) · sq kasap (person who prepares and sells meat) · ms tukang daging (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi बकरकसाब (person who prepares and sells meat) · cmn 賣肉者 /卖肉者 (person who prepares and sells meat) · tl tagalapa (person who prepares and sells meat) · sv slaktare (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · de Schlachterin (person who prepares and sells meat) · qu ñak'aq (person who prepares and sells meat) · li slechter (person who prepares and sells meat) · km គោឃាតក៍ (person who prepares and sells meat) · pt açougueira (person who prepares and sells meat) · it macellaia (person who prepares and sells meat) · pt açougueiro (person who prepares and sells meat) · id tukang daging (person who prepares and sells meat) · tg гӯштфурӯш (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi बूचड़ (person who prepares and sells meat) · sh mȅsarica (person who prepares and sells meat) · fi lihakauppias (person who prepares and sells meat) · acw جَزَّار (person who prepares and sells meat) · hu mozgóárus (person who sells candy, drinks, etc.) · pl kat (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · id jagal (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · is slátrari (person who prepares and sells meat) · tl mamamatay-tao (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · kmr qesab (person who prepares and sells meat) · sh kasapinka (person who prepares and sells meat) · scn vucceri (person who prepares and sells meat) · my သားသတ်သမား (person who prepares and sells meat) · uk м'ясни́к (person who prepares and sells meat) · hi क़साई (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · ar لَحَّام (person who prepares and sells meat) · uz qassob (person who prepares and sells meat) · el σφαγέας (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · es matarife (person who prepares and sells meat) · nl slachter (brutal or indiscriminate killer) · es carnicero (person who prepares and sells meat)