also: どじん
noun
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
古文書には、屠人として働く者の記録が残っている。
In old documents, there are records of people working as slaughterers.
noun
Archaic sense; historically could refer to a cook, possibly one who also handled slaughtering. Not used in modern Japanese.
「屠人」という語は、古くは料理人を指すこともあった。
The word 屠人 could also refer to a cook in ancient times.
Compound of 屠 (to slaughter) and 人 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now rare and largely replaced by modern terms.