屠と人じん

noun

slaughterer; butcher

Rare term for a person who slaughters animals for meat. The more common modern word is 屠殺業者 or simply 肉屋 for a butcher shop worker.

See also: 屠者

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには、屠と人じんとして働はたらく者ものの記き録ろくが残のこっている。

  In old documents, there are records of people working as slaughterers.

noun

cook

Archaic sense; historically could refer to a cook, possibly one who also handled slaughtering. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 「屠と人じん」という語ごは、古ふるくは料りょう理り人にんを指さすこともあった。

  The word 屠人 could also refer to a cook in ancient times.