English word butch comes from Malayalam buccus, Late Latin buccus, and later Old French bouchier (Butcher.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| buccus | Malayalam (mal) | |
| buccus | Late Latin (LL) | |
| bouc | Old French (fro) | |
| bouchier | Old French (fro) | Butcher. |
| bocher | Middle English (enm) | |
| butcher | English (en) | (transitive) To kill brutally.. (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.. (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market. (Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.. (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.. (informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.. A person who prepares and [...] |
| butch | English (en) | (slang, originally, _, Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude. (slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. |