Shochet

Origin

From Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét, "slaughterer, butcher").

Full definition of shochet

Noun

1. A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry
• 2001, Oliver Sacks, , (2001), 9,He was by profession a boot and shoe manufacturer, a shochet (a kosher slaughterer), and later a grocer....