slager

Definitions of slager
  1. noun
    a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    synonyms: beenhouwer, slachter
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    types:
    koudslachter, vilder
    someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
    type of:
    vakman, vakvrouw
    a worker who has acquired special skills
  2. noun
    a retailer of meat
    synonyms: beenhouwer
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    type of:
    handelaar, handelsman, koopman, koopvrouw
    a businessperson engaged in retail trade
  3. noun
    a physician who specializes in surgery
    synonyms: chirurg, chirurgijn, heelkundige
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    types:
    neurochirurg
    someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
    type of:
    arts, dokter, esculaap, geneesheer, geneeskundige, heelmeester, medicus, pil, rakel
    a licensed medical practitioner
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