屠と手しゅ

noun

slaughterer; butcher

Rare historical term for a person who slaughters animals or butchers meat. In modern Japanese, 屠殺業者 or 食肉処理業者 are more common.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、屠と手しゅは特とく定ていの身み分ぶんと結むすびつけられていた。

  In the Edo period, slaughterers were associated with a specific social status.