BUTCHER

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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. "Butcher of an innocent child." Shak. Butcher bird (Zoöl.), a species of shrike of the genus Lanius.

3.
v.

To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.

4.
v.

To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. Macaulay. [Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered. Ford.

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