shochet

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shochet

(ˈʃɒkɛt; ˈʃɒxɛt)
n, pl shochets or shochetim
(Judaism) (in Judaism) a person who has been specially trained and licensed to slaughter animals and birds in accordance with the laws of shechita
[C19: from Hebrew, literally: slaughtering]
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He didn't just appear suddenly as animals do before commercial shochetim, a head sticking through a head gate or worse spun on their backs and upside down, necks presented skyward for the knife.