slaughterman

British  

/ ˈslɔːtəˌmæn /

noun

1. a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse

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Example Sentences

Fluently translated by Orr Scharf, “The Slaughterman’s Daughter” exhibits some trappings of the picaresque novel, including a broad cast of supporting characters whose misadventures steer us away from the main narrative for a bit too long.

From New York Times

“The Slaughterman’s Daughter” is Iczkovits’s third novel, the first to be translated into English.

From New York Times

For The Food Chain, the BBC's Emily Thomas met a slaughterman at Tideford abbattoir, who described his approach to his work:

From BBC

Characters in On Bear Ridge include a slaughterman who lives with the family and a captain who has lost his battalion "and all sense of what it is to be a human being".

From BBC

Having sent Whyte reeling with a right to the temple, Joshua stalked his wounded quarry with relish - blood in his nostrils, swinging a slaughterman's axe.

From BBC