Plural of butcher
regular plural
The plural of butcher is butchers.
Forms of butcher
| Singular | butcher /ˈbʊt͡ʃə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | butchers |
| Countable | countable |
Butchers in a sentence
- Butchers often use machines to mince meat.From the entry mince
- The word went around that the local butchers, Ian Tait and Ron Smith (Smithy), wanted an apprentice.2015, Dave Sharp, Wind Up The Windows We’re Coming In To Land, →ISBN. From the entry front up
- Before the birds are cut and quartered by the butchers they must be totally deplumed.2012, Ócha'ni Lele, Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería. From the entry deplume
- The laborers, too, in white smocks, broad and heavy, a thickset personnel, butchers’ men.1970, Saul Bellow, chapter 6, in Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Penguin, published 1977, page 279. From the entry thickset
- Caleb said all butchers generally ended up this way because of the undertakerish sort of life they had to live.2021, Billy C. Clark, Miss America Kissed Caleb. From the entry undertakerish
Meaning of butcher
- noun A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- noun A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- noun A look.
Questions about the plural of butcher
- What is the plural of butcher?
- The plural of butcher is butchers.
- Is butcher countable?
- Butcher is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: butcher (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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