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Noun
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(n)
butcher
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meatman
(a retailer of meat)
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(n)
butcher
(a brutal indiscriminate murderer)
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(n)
butcher
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slaughterer
(a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market)
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derivationally related form
S:
(n)
bungler
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blunderer
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fumbler
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bumbler
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stumbler
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sad sack
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botcher
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butcher
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fuckup
(someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence)
Verb
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(v)
butcher
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slaughter
(kill (animals) usually for food consumption)
"They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
Adjective
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(adj)
butch
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macho
(used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner)
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(adj)
butch
((of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance)