shochet

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/ˈʃoʊxɛt//ˌʃoʊˈxɛt/

noun

A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry

OriginHebrew שׁוֹחֵט →
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Meanings

nounshochet (plural shochets or shochetim or shochtim)

plural shochets · plural shochetim · plural shochtim · alternative schochat · alternative schochet · alternative shochat · alternative shohet

  1. A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry

    2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 9, He was by profession a boot and shoe manufacturer, a shochet (a kosher slaughterer), and later a grocer […]

Origin

  1. Hebrewשׁוֹחֵט“slaughterer, butcher”
  2. Englishshochet

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

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APA

shochet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shochet

MLA

“shochet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shochet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shochet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shochet.

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