butcher
A person who prepares and sells meatA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
» This used to be a butcher shop.
Das hier war einmal ein Fleischerladen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Це колись була м'ясна лавка. — deniko
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5 sensesA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
Fleischer, Fleischerin, Fleischhacker
мясни́кmjasník
м'ясни́кmʺjasnýk, м'яса́рmʺjasár, м'яса́ркаmʺjasárka
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
(figuratively)A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
Schlächter, Schlächterin
мясни́кmjasník, пала́чpaláč
м'ясни́кmʺjasnýk, катkat
a brutal indiscriminate murderer
(Cockney, slang)A look.
(informal, obsolete)A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
(archaic, colloquial)A king playing card.
Examples
140 sentencesThis used to be a butcher shop.
Це колись була м'ясна лавка. — deniko
deDas hier war einmal ein Fleischerladen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is a butcher.
Том м'ясник. — deniko
deTom ist ein Metzger. — mayabe
She bought it at the butcher's.
You're still a butcher, aren't you?
Tom is a butcher, isn't he?
ruТом ведь мясник? — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from OFrom Middle English bocher, boucher, from Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from Old French bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”), from Frankish *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz (“male goat, male deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ- (“buck, ram”). See also English buck.
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