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SLAUGHTERER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

Synonyms:

butcher; slaughterer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("slaughterer" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slaughterer"):

knacker (someone who buys up old horses for slaughter)

Derivation:

slaughter (kill (animals) usually for food consumption)

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