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Antonyms for butcher

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : booch-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊtʃ ər

Definition of butcher

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Anglo-French boucher, from Old French bochier "butcher, executioner" (12c., Modern French boucher), probably literally "slaughterer of goats," from bouc "male goat," from Frankish *bukk or some other Germanic source (see buck (n.1)) or Celtic *bukkos "he-goat." Figurative sense of "brutal murderer" is attested from 1520s. Butcher-knife attested from 18c. Related: Butcherly.
  • noun meat killer, seller
  • verb slay and prepare animal for meat
  • verb ruin
Example sentences :
  • The retailer is the grocer, the butcher, or the green grocer.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • My hands weighed two pounds each, and ought to have been at the butcher's.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • "Good-night," he said, with an insolence far too fine for the butcher's comprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • It is meet that the same hand that slew my dear master should butcher me also!
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • But the butcher had a sentiment for his business, and knew how to refine upon it.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • What a display of viscera, muscles and blood suggestive of a butcher's shop!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Then he remembered that on the 9th he had to receive payment from the butcher for his oxen.
  • Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
  • It was done, and the butcher went away in triumph with his money.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • The butcher relinquished his hold on the bar and moved across to the window.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • “Good fer you, good fer you,” cried the butcher, and subsided with a loud guffaw.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for butcher

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