carnager

English

Etymology

From carnage +‎ -er.

Noun

carnager (plural carnagers)

  1. (dated, obsolete) Synonym of butcher (“a brutal or indiscriminate killer”).
    • 1862, George Henry Borrow, Wild Wales, Its People, Language and Scenery: in Three Volumes · Volume 3, page 99:
      May God and Rome's blest father high / Deck him in surest panoply! / Hail to the valiant carnager, / Worthy three diadems to bear!
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