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c.1300, from Anglo-Norm. boucher, from O.Fr. bouchier "slaughterer of goats," from bouc "male goat," from Frank. *bukk (see buck). The verb is recorded from 1562. Figurative sense of "brutal murderer" is attested from 1529.
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∙ 11y agoI checked my Merriam Webster and they're not really sure, but butch probably comes from the male nickname and appears to have originated about 1941.
It denotes notably/deliberately masculine appearance and/or manners.
A Butch haircut is closely cropped hair.
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∙ 11y agoOriginally from a Latin word 'barba' meaning beard. It passed into English from the French language from the term Barbiour. In later years it also referred to practitioners of surgery and dentistry but was restricted by Henry Vlll to hair dressing and dentistry only
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