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Synonyms for slaughterer

Grammar : Noun
Spell : slaw-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɔ tər

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Définition of slaughterer

Origin :
  • c.1300, "killing of a cattle or sheep for food, killing of a person," from a Scandinavian *slahtr, akin to Old Norse slatr "a butchering, butcher meat," slatra "to slaughter," slattr "a mowing" from Proto-Germanic *slukhtis, related to Old Norse sla "to strike" (see slay (v.)) + formative suffix (cf. laugh/laughter). Meaning "killing of a large number of persons in battle" is attested from mid-14c. Old English had slieht "stroke, slaughter, murder, death; animals for slaughter;" cf. sliehtswyn "pig for killing."
  • noun murderer
Example sentences :
  • The skunk, on the contrary, is a poacher, a slaughterer for the mere sake of it.
  • Extract from : « Wild Life Near Home » by Dallas Lore Sharp
  • He might have been the master of hounds, or the slaughterer of hecatombs of birds.
  • Extract from : « The Small House at Allington » by Anthony Trollope
  • I am lying on the ground, close to the slaughterer, and not one detail escapes me.
  • Extract from : « Insect Adventures » by J. Henri Fabre
  • We find the paralyser on the one hand and the slaughterer on the other.
  • Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre
  • "Well, you may take it from me that he's a slaughterer," said the horsebreaker.
  • Extract from : « The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Before I left I prepared myself for occupying a position among the Jews as a 'slaughterer' in connexion with the synagogue.
  • Extract from : « Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ » by Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
  • Heyman, Heinrich Wilhelm David, son of a shochet (slaughterer) in poor circumstances.
  • Extract from : « Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ » by Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
  • John burned with as real a military ardor as ever inflamed the breast of any slaughterer of his fellows.
  • Extract from : « Being a Boy » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Kemble translates bana "slaughterer," which implies brutality, and perhaps culpability.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by R. W. Chambers
  • Then the slaughterer said he would do as she wished; cut off the head, and nailed it fast under the dark gate.
  • Extract from : « My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales » by Edric Vredenburg
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