Butcher Definition
bo͝ochər
butchered, butchering, butchers
noun
butchers
A person whose work is killing animals or dressing their carcasses for meat.
Webster's New World
A person who cuts up meat for sale.
Webster's New World
Anyone who kills as if slaughtering animals.
Webster's New World
A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theaters, trains, circuses, etc.
Webster's New World
One who bungles something.
American Heritage
verb
butchered, butchering, butchers
To kill or dress (animals) for meat.
Webster's New World
To kill (people, game, etc.) brutally, senselessly, or in large numbers; slaughter.
Webster's New World
To mess up; botch.
Webster's New World
To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".
Wiktionary
pronoun
An occupational surname for a butcher.
Wiktionary
Origin of Butcher
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from bouc (“goat”), of Germanic origin. More at buck.
From Wiktionary
Middle English bucher from Old French bouchier from bouc, boc he-goat probably of Celtic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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