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slaughters

slaughters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slaughter.

slaughters is the plural of slaughter.

Meaning of slaughter

Verb

slaughter (third-person singular simple present slaughters, present participle slaughtering, simple past and past participle slaughtered)

  1. (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
    • Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21
  3. (transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
    • Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight,
      He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine,
      Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Proper noun capitalized: Slaughters

the Slaughters

  1. (plural, plural-only) The Cotswold villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, England, and the surrounding area.

Origin of slaughters

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Old English *slōhtre (“slough, river-valley”).

Questions about slaughters

What does slaughters mean?
Slaughters means the Cotswold villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, England, and the surrounding area.
What is slaughters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slaughters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slaughter.
What part of speech is slaughters?
Slaughters is a proper noun.

Words near slaughters in the dictionary

  1. slaughterous
  2. slaughterously
  3. slaughterpeople
  4. slaughterperson
  5. slaughterpersons
  6. slaughters
  7. slaughterwoman
  8. slaughterwomen
  9. slaughtery
  10. slaughtre
  11. slaughtres

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