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Adjective butch has 2 senses
  1. butch, macho - used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
    Antonym: feminine (indirect, via masculine)
  2. butch - pejorative synonym for lesbian
    Antonym:     bisexual (indirect, via heterosexual, homosexual)
    Antonym: heterosexual (indirect, via homosexual, bisexual)
,Noun butcher has 4 senses
  1. butcher, meatman - a retailer of meat
    --1 is a kind of merchant, merchandiser
    --1 has particulars: pork butcher
    Derived form: verb butcher1
  2. butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer
    --2 is a kind of     murderer, liquidator, manslayer
  3. butcher, slaughterer - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
    --3 is a kind of skilled worker, trained worker
    --3 has particulars: knacker
    Derived form: verb butcher1
  4. bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
    --4 is a kind of incompetent, incompetent person
,Verb butcher has 1 sense
  1. butcher, slaughter - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
    --1 is one way to kill
    Derived forms: noun butcher1, noun butcher3, noun butchery1, noun butchery3, noun butchery2
    Sample sentence:
    They want to butcher the prisoners
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