BUTCHER

I. noun see: buck Date: 13th century 1. a person who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh, a dealer in meat, one that kills ruthlessly or brutally, one that bungles or botches, a vendor especially on trains or in theaters, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1562 to slaughter and dress for market , to kill in a barbarous manner, botch