slaughterer

noun

Definition of slaughterernext
as in butcher

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  1. butcher
  2. executioner
  3. slayer
Noun
  • In This Article A trip to your local butcher or the meat department of your grocery store can cause confusion.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2026
  • After a tense year of sniping and trolling each other, the family members agreed to bury the butcher knife, and the Original Roy Hutchins empire added an Arlington location near AT&T Stadium.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of butcher
Noun
  • The scene cuts again to Wuornos’ body in the real world, surrounded by the executioner, the coroner and the police, who are announcing her time of death.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But Bruce Wayne isn’t a boy anymore, and Batman can’t operate as a one-man judge, jury, and executioner.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of executioner
Noun
  • The abject terror of reproduction was personified by Lamashtu, demoness of the night, drinker of blood, eater of flesh, slayer of children, untimely opener of wombs, ravager of women.
    — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For context, last year’s Oilers finished 26th in goals against, while their first-round slayer, the Anaheim Ducks, finished 29th.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of slayer
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