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Webster 1913 Edition

Slaughterer

Slaugh′ter-er

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Noun.

One who slaughters.

Definition 2024

slaughterer

slaughterer

English

Noun

slaughterer ‎(plural slaughterers)

Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters.
A butcher (as a profession or job).
A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.

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Translations

a person who slaughters

German: (also figurative) Schlächter m, (also figurative) Schlächterin f
Macedonian: колач m ‎(kólač), касап m ‎(kásap), кланичар m ‎(kláničar)

Russian: забо́йщик (ru) m ‎(zabójščik), пала́ч (ru) m ‎(paláč) (executioner), живодёр (ru) m ‎(živodjór)
Volapük: (♂♀) pugan (vo), (♂) hipugan, (♀) jipugan, (massacre, ♂♀) mipugan

a butcher

German: Fleischer (de) m, Fleischerin (de) f, Schlachter (de) m, Schlachterin f, (also figurative) Schlächter m, (also figurative) Schlächterin f, Metzger (de) m, Metzgerin f, Fleischhacker (de) m, Fleischhackerin f, Fleischhauer m, Fleischhauerin f, Metzler m, Metzlerin f, Knochenhauer m, Knochenhauerin f, (from Yiddish) Katzoff (de) m
Hebrew: קַצָּב (he) m ‎(katsáv)

Macedonian: касап m ‎(kásap), кланичар m ‎(kláničar)
Russian: мясни́к (ru) m ‎(mjasník)
Volapük: (♂♀) pugan (vo), (♂) hipugan, (♀) jipugan, (♂♀, horse) jevodipugan, (♂) jevodihipugan, (♀) jevodijipugan
Yiddish: קצבֿ m ‎(katsov, katsef), קצבֿים pl ‎(katsovim)

a ritual slaughterer

German: Schächter m, Schächterin f
Hebrew: שׁוֹחֵט m ‎(shokhét)
Volapük: (♂♀, kosher) benopugan, ♂, kosher benohipugan, (♀, kosher) benojipugan

Yiddish: שוחט m ‎(shoykhet), שוחטים pl ‎(shokhtim)