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horse butcher

horse butcher noun: one who kills horses, especially for food.

Noun

horse butcher (plural horse butchers)

  1. One who kills horses, especially for food.
  2. One who sells horsemeat.
  3. One who processes horses for human consumption or other commercial uses.

Forms of horse butcher

pluralhorse butchers

Questions about horse butcher

What does horse butcher mean?
Horse butcher means one who kills horses, especially for food.
What part of speech is horse butcher?
Horse butcher is a noun.
What is the plural of horse butcher?
The plural of horse butcher is horse butchers.

Words near horse butcher in the dictionary

  1. horse brass
  2. horse brasses
  3. horse bun
  4. horse bus
  5. horse buses
  6. horse butcher
  7. horse butchers
  8. horse car
  9. horse cars
  10. horse cart
  11. horse carts

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