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butcherer

butcherer noun: one who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.

Noun

butcherer (plural butcherers)

  1. One who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
    • That G should be the first letter of his name that should succeed Edward; and the Duke of Clarence his name being George, 'twas thought he should be the Butcherer of Edwards sons, which Gloucester afterwards proved to be.1646, Giovanni Francesco Biondi, An History Of The Civill Warres Of England

Synonyms of butcherer

Forms of butcherer

pluralbutcherers

Origin of butcherer

From butcher + -er. Attested since the 1640s.

Questions about butcherer

What does butcherer mean?
Butcherer means one who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
What part of speech is butcherer?
Butcherer is a noun.
What is the plural of butcherer?
The plural of butcherer is butcherers.

Words near butcherer in the dictionary

  1. butcherbirds
  2. butcherblock
  3. butcherblocks
  4. butcherdom
  5. butchered
  6. butcherer
  7. butcherers
  8. butcheress
  9. butcheresses
  10. butcheries
  11. butchering

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