Etymology

butchery

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Today it means: The butchering of meat. Full definition →

Middle English bocherie
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butchery · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited frombocherie
  2. English todaybutchery

From Middle English bocherie, from Old French. See butcher for more.

butchery · noun2

From butch + -ery.

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