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Verb: butcher  bûchu(r)
  1. Kill (animals) usually for food consumption
    - slaughter
Noun: butcher  bûchu(r)
  1. A retailer of meat
    - meatman
     
  2. A brutal indiscriminate murderer
     
  3. A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    - slaughterer
     
  4. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
    - bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack [N. Amer], botcher
Adjective: butch (butcher,butchest)  bûch
  1. Used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
    - macho
     
  2. (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance

Derived forms: butchers, butchering, butchered

See also: butcherly, butchery, homosexual, masculine

Type of: incompetent, incompetent person, kill, liquidator, manslayer, merchandiser [Brit], merchandizer, merchant, murderer, skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

Encyclopedia: Butch

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