butcher meaning and definition

BUTCHER noun

Definition of butcher (noun)

1. a retailer of meat
   • synonyms: meatman
2. a brutal indiscriminate murderer
3. a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
   • synonyms: slaughterer
4. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
   • synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler

BUTCHER verb

Definition of butcher (verb)

1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption
   • "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
   • synonyms: slaughter