[f. BUTCHER v. + -ER1.] One who butchers.
1646. Earl Monm., trans. Biondi’s Civ. Warres Eng., II. 66. ’Twas thought he should be the Butcherer of Edwards sons.
1689. Defence Liberty agst. Tyrants, 16. Nero, that inhuman Butcherer of Christians.
1757. Herald, No. 14 (1758), I. 235. The paracidical butcherer of the Roman constitution.
