noun
Rare term for a person who slaughters animals or works as a butcher. In modern Japanese, 屠殺業者 or 食肉処理業者 are more common.
古文書には、屠者として働く人々の記録が残っている。
Old documents contain records of people who worked as slaughterers.
Compound of 屠 (to slaughter) and 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.