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butcher

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: butcher

1
 nv
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
kill (animals) usually for food consumption
2
 n
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
3
 n
a brutal indiscriminate murderer
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: butcher
1

n a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

Synonyms:
slaughterer
Types:
knacker
someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
Type of:
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
a worker who has acquired special skills

n a retailer of meat

Synonyms:
meatman
Types:
pork butcher
a vendor of pork and products made from pork
Type of:
merchandiser, merchant
a businessperson engaged in retail trade

v kill (animals) usually for food consumption

Synonyms:
slaughter
Types:
chine
cut through the backbone of an animal
Type of:
kill
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
2

n someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Synonyms:
blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler
Type of:
incompetent, incompetent person
someone who is not competent to take effective action
3

n a brutal indiscriminate murderer

Type of:
liquidator, manslayer, murderer
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
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