slaughterer
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈslɔːtərər/
:
matador
- Horse slaughterer.
- a ritual slaughterer
Examples
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He worked as a slaughterer in the meat processing plant, ensuring the animals were handled ethically.
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The buffalo slaughterers and the settlers.
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The Community's rabbi serves as the ritual slaughterer, and the business carries his personal seal of approval.
Academic text (1999) -
A stricter view would forbid ordinary beef, since the rules require slaughter by an approved ritual slaughterer.
Academic text (1999) -
While women are the mediums, men serve other complementary functions, such as drummers or slaughterers.
Academic text (1995) -
Without the committed activity of the Copenhagen rabbi, who serves as ritual slaughterer in addition to his other duties, the only source for fresh kosher meat in Denmark would have closed years ago.
Academic text (1999) -
The slaughterer carefully prepared the lambs for the nearby farmer's market.
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After years of training, she became a skilled slaughterer, respected for her humane methods.
Synonyms
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3.3
A person or business that kills animals and prepares meat for sale
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7.4
A person who kills animals for meat in a building like a meat factory
A person trained and approved to kill animals for meat according to Jewish law
A person who kills pigs for meat on a farm or in a slaughterhouse
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word slaughterer comes from an old English word tied to slaughter and the verb slay, both meaning 'to kill'. So a slaughterer is literally someone whose job is to kill animals and prepare their meat.