shochet/ˈʃoʊxɛt/EtymologyFrom Hebrew שׁוֹחֵט (shokhét, “slaughterer, butcher”).shochet means A person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA person certified under Jewish law to slaughter cattle and poultry“2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 9, He was by profession a boot and shoe manufacturer, a shochet (a kosher slaughterer), and later a grocer […]”