资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Butcher \Butch"er\, n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F.
boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F.
bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the
animal.]
1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for
market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for
food.
2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with
unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as
in battle. ``Butcher of an innocent child.'' --Shak.
{Butcher bird} (Zo["o]l.), a species of shrike of the genus
{Lanius}.
Note: The {Lanius excubitor} is the common butcher bird of
Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called
the {lesser butcher bird}. The American species are
{L.borealis}, or {northern butcher bird}, and {L.
Ludovicianus} or {loggerhead shrike}. The name butcher
bird is derived from its habit of suspending its prey
impaled upon thorns, after killing it.
{Butcher's meat}, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food
as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton,
lamb, and pork.