Butcher (Noun)
Meaning 1
A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market.
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Meaning 2
Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
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Meaning 3
A retailer of meat.
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Meaning 4
A brutal indiscriminate murderer.
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Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The serial killer was known as the butcher of the city, leaving a trail of blood and terror in his wake.
- The butcher had no regard for human life, slaughtering anyone who crossed his path with no discernible motive.
- The police were desperate to catch the butcher, who had already claimed the lives of dozens of innocent victims.
- As the body count rose, the community lived in fear of the butcher, who seemed to strike at random and without warning.
- The notorious butcher was finally brought to justice, but not before he had committed some of the most heinous crimes in the country's history.