bocher

See also: Bocher

English

Noun

bocher (plural bocherim)

1. Alternative form of bochur.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bochier, boucher, buccher, bucher
• bochere, bocheyr, boochier, boscher (Late Middle English)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French bochier, bouchier, from bouc (“buck”); compare bukke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃeːr/, /ˈbut͡ʃər/

Noun

bocher (plural bochers)

1. A butcher (meat slaughterer and retailer)
   • c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Prologue]”, in Petrus plowmon (V, A-text), Worcestershire, published c. 1390, folio 395, recto; republished as Bodleian Library MS. Eng. poet. a. 1, Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2019 January 10:

     ¶ Bakers. Bochers. and Breuſters monye. / Maſons. Minours. and mony oþer craftes.

     Many bakers, butchers, and brewers, / masons, miners, and many other professions.

2. (figuratively) A killer or murderer.

Related terms

• bocherie

Descendants

• English: butcher
  • → Hindi: बूचड़ (būcaṛ)
  • → Swahili: bucha
  • → Urdu: بُوچَڑ (būcaṛ)
• Scots: butcher

References

• “bọ̄chē̆r, bǒchē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.