slaughterer

English

Etymology

From slaughter +‎ -er.

Noun

slaughterer (plural slaughterers)

1. Agent noun of slaughter; one who slaughters.
2. A butcher (as a profession or job).
3. A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.

Related terms

• carnage
• massacre
• slaughter
• slaughterhouse
• slaughterman
• slaughterous
• slaughterwoman

Translations

a person who slaughters

Bulgarian: колач m (kolač) German: (also figurative) Schlächter (de) m, (also figurative) Schlächterin f Irish: marfach m (literary), coscróir m, marfóir ainmhithe m Latin: mactātor m Macedonian: ко́лач m (kólač), ка́сап m (kásap), кла́ничар m (kláničar) Old Tupi: apitîara Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kasâb) Russian: забо́йщик (ru) m (zabójščik), пала́ч (ru) m (paláč) (executioner), живодёр (ru) m (živodjór) Volapük: (♂♀) pugan (vo), (♂) hipugan, (♀) jipugan, (massacre, ♂♀) mipugan

a butcher

Arabic: جَزَّار m (jazzār), قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb) Bulgarian: касапин (bg) m (kasapin) German: Fleischer (de) m, Fleischerin (de) f, Schlachter (de) m, Schlachterin (de) f, (also figurative) Schlächter (de) m, (also figurative) Schlächterin f, Metzger (de) m, Metzgerin f, Fleischhacker (de) m, Fleischhackerin f, Fleischhauer (de) m, Fleischhauerin (de) f, Metzler m, Metzlerin f, Knochenhauer (de) m, Knochenhauerin (de) f, (from Yiddish) Katzoff (de) m Hebrew: קַצָּב (he) m (katsáv) Latin: carnifex m Macedonian: касап m (kasap), кланичар m (klaničar) Marathi: कसाई m (kasāī) Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kasâb) Russian: мясни́к (ru) m (mjasník) Volapük: (♂♀) pugan (vo), (♂) hipugan, (♀) jipugan, (♂♀, horse) jevodipugan, (♂) jevodihipugan, (♀) jevodijipugan Yiddish: קצבֿ m (katsov, katsev)

a ritual slaughterer

German: Schächter (de) m, Schächterin f Hebrew: שׁוֹחֵט m (shokhét) Volapük: (♂♀, kosher) benopugan, (♂, kosher) benohipugan, (♀, kosher) benojipugan Yiddish: שוחט m (shoykhet)