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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries屠殺者
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tosatsusha
"その屠殺者は長年食肉加工に携わっている。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person whose occupation is the slaughtering of livestock for food.
"The local abattoir employed several experienced slaughterers to process the cattle." - 2
Someone who commits brutal or indiscriminate mass killings.
"History remembers the ruthless dictator as a merciless slaughterer of his own people."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word 'slaugtre', originating from Old Norse 'slátra' meaning to butcher or slaughter, combined with the agent suffix '-er'. Historically used to denote someone whose occupation is the butchering of animals for meat, it has also evolved metaphorically to describe one who causes massive or ruthless destruction of human life.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Slaughterer" is said worldwide
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boucheur
Transliteration: boo-shur
"Le boucheur travaille dur à l'abattoir."
Schlächter
Transliteration: shlehch-ter
"Der Schlächter bereitete das Fleisch vor."
macellaio
Transliteration: mah-chel-lah-io
"Il macellaio lavora nel mattatoio."
matarife
Transliteration: mah-tah-ree-feh
"El matarife cumple con su labor en el matadero."
matadouro
Transliteration: mah-tah-doh-roo
"O trabalhador opera no matadouro."
कसाई
Transliteration: kasai
"कसाई ने बाज़ार के लिए मांस तैयार किया।"
屠夫
Transliteration: tú fū
"这个屠夫在屠宰场工作多年。"
도축업자
Transliteration: do-chuk-eop-ja
"도축업자가 고기를 손질하고 있습니다."
屠殺者
Transliteration: tosatsusha
"その屠殺者は長年食肉加工に携わっている。"
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