"bocher" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /buˈt͡ʃeːr/, /ˈbut͡ʃər/ Forms: bochers [plural], bochier [alternative], boucher [alternative], buccher [alternative], bucher [alternative], bochere [alternative, Late-Middle-English], bocheyr [alternative, Late-Middle-English], boochier [alternative, Late-Middle-English], boscher [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French bochier, bouchier, from bouc (“buck”); compare bukke. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|bochier}} Borrowed from Old French bochier Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bocher, {{enm-noun}} bocher (plural bochers)
  1. A butcher (meat slaughterer and retailer)
    Sense id: en-bocher-enm-noun-jCTUDRFn Categories (other): Death, Occupations Disambiguation of Death: 100 0 Disambiguation of Occupations: 84 16
  2. (figuratively) A killer or murderer. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bocher-enm-noun-cgX~ROq8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bocherie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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