slaughterer

noun

Definition of slaughterernext
as in butcher

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  1. butcher
  2. executioner
  3. slayer
Noun
  • The Burkes sell trees via their website, and sell fresh fruit at the farmers market and via a local specialty butcher, A & R Custom Butchering, Retail Meats and Deli in Red Bluff.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Most worked to serve the city's elites as guards, cleaners, tailors and butchers.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of butcher
Noun
  • 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
  • The kingdom remains one of the world’s top executioners behind China and Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of executioner
Noun
  • The trust’s professional fiduciary and trustees have blocked him, citing California’s slayer statute, which prevents anyone from inheriting or financially benefiting from the estate of a person they are accused of killing.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Wright also said that under the slayer statute, the funds would be given to Reiner’s siblings, Romy and Jake.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of slayer
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