carniceiro

Attested since the 13th century (carniçeiro). From carnaza +‎ -eiro.

• IPA^(key): [kɑɾniˈθejɾʊ], (western) [kɑɾniˈsejɾʊ]

carniceiro m (plural carniceiros, feminine carniceira, feminine plural carniceiras)

1. butcher

   Synonyms: buxeo, beche

   • 1434, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 106:

     os ditos señores feseron pregunta aos ditos Martín Peres e Aluaro, carniçeiros, se se querían obrigar de dar carne abondo á dita çidade con os outros carniçeiros, en tal maneira que o dito señor obispo e cabídoo e conçello e vesinos da dita çidade ouuese abondo de carne de boys e de vacas e carneiros e cabirtos e rojeelos

     the aforementioned gentlemen asked said Martin Perez and Álvaro, butchers, if they wanted to bind themselves to give enough meat to this city, with the others butchers, so the bishop, and the Chapter, and the Council, and the neighbours of this city would have enough meat of oxen, and of cows, of rams, and of kids and lambs

• carne
• carnicería
• carnizaría

carniceiro (feminine carniceira, masculine plural carniceiros, feminine plural carniceiras)

1. (of animals) feeding on carrion
2. (of people) brutal (viciously violent)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carniçeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carni”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carniceiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carniceiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carniceiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From carniça +‎ -eiro.

carniceiro m (plural carniceiros)

1. an animal that feeds on carrion
2. butcher (person who prepares and sells meat)
3. (figurative) butcher (a brutal killer)

carniceiro (feminine carniceira, masculine plural carniceiros, feminine plural carniceiras)

1. (of animals) feeding on carrion
2. (of people) brutal (viciously violent)