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noun
1.
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
2.
a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.
3.
a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder.
4.
a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc.
verb (used with object)
5.
to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.
6.
to kill indiscriminately or brutally.
7.
to bungle; botch: to butcher a job.
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adjective
3.
Slang.
a.
(of a girl or woman) having traits of personality, dress, behavior, or appearance usually associated with males.
b.
(of a male) decidedly or exaggeratedly masculine in manner or appearance.
Origin:
1940–45; apparently from the proper name
1940–45; apparently from the proper name
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Word Origin & History
butch
"tough youth," 1902, first attested in nickname of outlaw George Cassidy, probably an abbreviation of butcher. Sense of "aggressive lesbian" is 1940s.
EXPANDbutcher
c.1300, from Anglo-Norm. boucher, from O.Fr. bochier "butcher, executioner," probably lit. "slaughterer of goats" (12c., Mod.Fr. boucher), from bouc "male goat," from Frank. *bukk (see buck (n.1)) or Celtic *bukkos "he-goat." Related: Butchered; butchering. Figurative sense
of "brutal murderer" is attested from 1520s. The verb is recorded from 1560s.
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Slang Dictionary
butch definition[bʊtʃ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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