butcher

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

boucher

abattre

bouchère

massacrer

égorger

dépouiller

charcutier

boucherie

dépecer

opérer

assassiner

abatteur

écorcher

charcutière

charcuter

charcuteur

dépeceur

exterminer

faire un massacre de

immoler

supprimer

tuer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.