BUTCHER
\bˈʊt͡ʃə], \bˈʊtʃə], \b_ˈʊ_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of BUTCHER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
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a brutal indiscriminate murderer
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a retailer of meat
By Princeton University
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a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
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a brutal indiscriminate murderer
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a retailer of meat
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
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A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
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To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
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To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
By Oddity Software
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One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
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A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
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To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
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To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
By Noah Webster.
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One who kills animals to sell for food; sometimes, a cruel and bloody murderer.
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To kill for food; to murder in a horrible and cruel manner; to botch.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One whose business is to slaughter animals for food: one who delights in bloody deeds.
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To slaughter animals for food: to put to a bloody death, to kill cruelly.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To slaughter (animals) for market; kill (men) barbarously.
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One who slaughters animals or deals in meats.
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A bloody or cruel murderer.
By James Champlin Fernald