One whose work or occupation it is to kill cattle, etc., for food.

a person who kills dogs; spec. an official appointed to kill dogs suspected of having or carrying some disease.

A killer of animals; a butcher.

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(a) a person who slaughters pigs for sale as meat; (b) a shopkeeper who sells pork.

One whose trade it is to buy worn out, diseased, or useless horses, and slaughter them for their hides and hoofs, and for making dog's-meat, etc…

A slayer of serpents.

One who kills a fox otherwise than by hunting it with hounds.

A person who kills pigs.

A dog-killer.

One who kills a bear.

A person who or thing which kills birds.

One who or that which kills insects, an insect-killer; spec. a preparation used for destroying insects.

one who buys up old or wornout horses, and slaughters them for their commercial products.

A person employed to exterminate pigeons. rare.

A substance that kills fish.