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Definition of butcher noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

butcher

noun
 
/ˈbʊtʃə(r)/
 
/ˈbʊtʃər/
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  1. a person whose job is cutting up and selling meat in a shop or killing animals for this purpose
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • local
    • halal
    • kosher
    • …
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  2. butcher’s
    (plural butchers)
    a shop that sells meat
    • He owns the butcher's in the main street.
    More Like This Shops, etc. with apostrophesShops, etc. with apostrophes
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • local
    • halal
    • kosher
    • …
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  3. a person who kills people in a cruel and violent way
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as the verb buck.
Idioms
have/take a butcher’s
  1. (British English, slang) to have a look at something
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