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slaughterer

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈslɔtɚɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈslɔːtəɹə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: agent, form-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A butcher (as a profession or job).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: butcher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

Narrower terms: knacker

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English slaughter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English slaughterer From slaughter + -er.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: колач (kolač) — a person who slaughters
  • German: Schlächter — a person who slaughters
  • German: Schlächterin — a person who slaughters
  • Irish: marfach — a person who slaughters
  • Irish: coscróir — a person who slaughters
  • Irish: marfóir ainmhithe — a person who slaughters
  • Latin: mactātor — a person who slaughters
  • Macedonian: ко́лач (kólač) — a person who slaughters
  • Macedonian: ка́сап (kásap) — a person who slaughters
  • Macedonian: кла́ничар (kláničar) — a person who slaughters
  • Old Tupi: apitîara — a person who slaughters
  • Polish: rzeźnik — a person who slaughters
  • Polish: rzeźniczka — a person who slaughters
  • Russian: забо́йщик (zabójščik) — a person who slaughters
  • Russian: пала́ч (paláč) — a person who slaughters
  • Russian: живодёр (živodjór) — a person who slaughters
  • Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kasâb) — a person who slaughters
  • Volapük: pugan — a person who slaughters
  • Volapük: hipugan — a person who slaughters
  • Volapük: jipugan — a person who slaughters
  • Volapük: mipugan — a person who slaughters
  • Arabic: جَزَّار (jazzār) — a butcher
  • Arabic: قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb) — a butcher
  • Bulgarian: касапин (kasapin) — a butcher
  • German: Fleischer — a butcher
  • German: Fleischerin — a butcher
  • German: Schlachter — a butcher
  • German: Schlachterin — a butcher
  • German: Schlächter — a butcher
  • German: Schlächterin — a butcher
  • German: Metzger — a butcher
  • German: Metzgerin — a butcher
  • German: Fleischhacker — a butcher
  • German: Fleischhackerin — a butcher
  • German: Fleischhauer — a butcher
  • German: Fleischhauerin — a butcher
  • German: Metzler — a butcher
  • German: Metzlerin — a butcher
  • German: Knochenhauer — a butcher
  • German: Knochenhauerin — a butcher
  • German: Katzoff — a butcher
  • Hebrew: קַצָּב (katsáv) — a butcher
  • Latin: carnifex — a butcher
  • Macedonian: касап (kasap) — a butcher
  • Macedonian: кланичар (klaničar) — a butcher
  • Marathi: कसाई (kasāī) — a butcher
  • Polish: rzeźnik — a butcher
  • Polish: rzeźniczka — a butcher
  • Russian: мясни́к (mjasník) — a butcher
  • Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kasâb) — a butcher
  • Volapük: pugan — a butcher
  • Volapük: hipugan — a butcher
  • Volapük: jipugan — a butcher
  • Volapük: jevodipugan — a butcher
  • Volapük: jevodihipugan — a butcher
  • Volapük: jevodijipugan — a butcher
  • Yiddish: קצבֿ (katsov, katsev) — a butcher
  • German: Schächter — a ritual slaughterer
  • German: Schächterin — a ritual slaughterer
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét) — a ritual slaughterer
  • Polish: rzeźnik — a ritual slaughterer
  • Polish: rzeźniczka — a ritual slaughterer
  • Volapük: benopugan — a ritual slaughterer
  • Volapük: benohipugan — a ritual slaughterer
  • Volapük: benojipugan — a ritual slaughterer
  • Yiddish: שוחט (shoykhet) — a ritual slaughterer