What's the difference between slaughterman and slaughtermen?
Slaughterman
Definition:
(n.) One employed in slaughtering.
Example Sentences:
(1) When, in Jerusalem, slaughterman Davey Dean boasts of the 200 cows he kills in a morning – "Wham!
(2) Bridger, a 47-year-old former slaughterman and labourer, denies all the charges.
Slaughtermen
Definition:
(pl. ) of Slaughterman
Example Sentences:
(1) Sera collected from dairy farmers, their families and farm workers, slaughtermen, artificial inseminators, veterinarians, and a group of doctors and civil servants with no direct connexion with farming were examined for evidence of Q fever or leptospirosis.
(2) Higher incidence of titres were found among dairy farmers and slaughtermen than in the general population.
(3) The purpose of the study was to compare the plasma cholinesterase (ChE) activities of 100 greenhouse workers and 43 fruitgrowers engaged in spraying insecticides with those of 113 slaughtermen who served as controls.
(4) I've never been very good with meat and blood, but the revulsion was tempered by the speed and expertise of the slaughtermen - it was too precise to be disgusting.