definition of
[butcher]

[1] #1 butcher v. [slaughter] kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter". wn

[2] #2 butcher n. [meatman] a retailer of meat. wn

[3] #3 butcher n. a brutal indiscriminate murderer. wn

[4] #4 butcher n. [slaughterer] a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market. wn

[5] #5 butcher n. [bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, fuckup] someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence. wn