Etymology

shochet

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Today it means: A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry Full definition →

Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromשׁוֹחֵט“slaughterer, butcher”
  2. English todayshochet

From Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét, “slaughterer, butcher”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.