Meaning

noun a building where animals are butchered

noun the business of a butcher

noun the savage and excessive killing of many people

originEtymology tree English butch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English butchery From butch + -ery.

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