Metzger

From Middle High German metziger, metzigære, variants of metzjer, metzjære, from Old High German meziāri, mezziāri (“butcher”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Old High German mezalāri, mezzilāri (“merchant, moneychanger, butcher”), from Latin macellārius (“meat trader”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtsɡɐ/

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1. (regional, chiefly western Germany, Southern German, Austria, Switzerland) butcher (male or of unspecified gender)

   Synonyms: Fleischer, Fleischhacker, Fleischhauer, Schlachter

• This is the most common term for this profession in the German language area, albeit not the preferred one in government and other official contexts in Germany.

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• Metzgerei

• Mezger

• “Metzger” in Duden online
• “Metzger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache