slaughterer

slaugh·ter

 (slô′tər)

n.

1. The killing of animals especially for food.

2. The killing of a large number of people; a massacre: "I could not give my name to aid the slaughter in this war, fought on both sides for grossly material ends" (Sylvia Pankhurst).

tr.v. slaugh·tered, slaugh·ter·ing, slaugh·ters

1. To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher.

2.

a. To kill (people) in large numbers; massacre.

b. To kill in a violent or brutal manner.

---

[Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse slātr, butchery.]

---

slaugh′ter·er n.

slaugh′ter·ous adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slaughterer - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market butcher knacker - someone who buys up old horses for slaughter skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

slaughterer

noun

One who murders another:

butcher, cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderer, murderess, slayer, triggerman.

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

slaughterer

[ˈslɔːtərəʳ] N → jifero/a m/f, matarife mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slaughterer

n (lit) → Schlachter(in) m(f); (fig) → Schlächter(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007