butcherer
One who slaughters
One who butchers—slaughters animals for meat or, figuratively, ruins something through clumsy execution: The butcherer of my favorite song.
The word is rare and awkward, since butcher already serves as both noun and verb.
Butcher is almost always preferred.
slaughterer
One who kills animals
- murdererOne who unlawfully kills
- killerOne who causes death
- executionerOne who kills condemned
savage · brute · bloodletter · manslayer · cutthroat · destroyer · predator · monster · fiend · beast
bungler
Inept person
amateur · blunderer · mangler · spoiler · ruiner · wrecker · mauler · trasher · despoiler · defacer
treatment of animals
butchereranimal rescuer
One who saves creatures
veterinarian · wildlife rehabilitator · animal lover · conservationist · breeder
- butcher shopStore selling raw meat
- butcher knifeHeavy blade for meat
- butcher blockLaminated wood work surface
- butcher paperHeavy food-wrapping paper
- butcher's knifeLarge blade for meat
- butcher knivesBlades for cutting meat