butcher

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
2. A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
3. (slang) A look.
4. (informal,obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
5. (colloquial) A king playing card.

Verb

1. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
2. To work as a butcher.
3. To kill brutally.
4. To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
5. To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.

Adj

comparative form of butch: more butch

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from Old French bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”), of Germanic origin. More at English buck.