Seph. /shaw khet"/ ; Ashk. /shoh"khayt, shoy"khit/ ; Eng. /shoh"khit/ , n. , pl. shohetim /shohkh teem"/ , Eng. shohets . Hebrew.
a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
Also, shochet . Cf. shehitah .
[ shohet lit., one who slaughters ]