[f. BUTCHER sb. + -ESS.] A female butcher; also (humorously) a butcher’s wife or daughter.
1833. Fraser’s Mag., VII. 500. Why need these fair butcheresses [butcher’s daughters] torment themselves.
1854. Chamb. Jrnl., I. 226. Almost every man … has a wife who is groceress, linen-draperess, butcheress, or confectioner.
