Middle English Dictionary Entry
slaughter-man n.
Entry Info
| Forms | slaughter-man n. |
| Etymology | From slaughter n. & man n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An executioner; (b) a butcher; ~ hous.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1375) NHom.(3) Cec.(Tbr E.7)101/425 : Almachius..biddes þam..Smite hir hede of..His slaghter-man to Ciscill went.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)135/307 : Þaire slaghter man Vnto þe appostell playnly ran And bare him thurgh with-owten let.
b
- (1389) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9949 : Stipendia famulorum incl. Slawterman.
- (1416-17) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103613 : In feodo del Slawterman, 5 s. 3 d.
- (1446-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9984 : Item, Joh'i Tydyswell, slaughterman.
- (1459-60) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9988 : Slaughtermanhous.