Thesaurus: butcher

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1. n. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.
2. n. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle.
3. v. t. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.
4. v. t. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner.
5. n. a retailer of meat
6. n. a brutal indiscriminate murderer
7. n. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
8. n. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
9. v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption
10. 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. "Butcher of an innocent child." Shak. Butcher bird (Zoöl.), a species of shrike of the genus Lanius. Note: The Lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the lesser butcher bird. The American species are L.borealis, or northernbutcher bird, and L. Ludovicianus or loggerhead shrike. The name butcher birdis derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. Butcher's meat, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork. 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs. 2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. Macaulay. [Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered. Ford.
11. v:21/n:79 n. a retailer of meat n. a brutal indiscriminate murderer n. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption