shochet

noun, plural shoche·tim [shohkh–teem] /ʃoʊxˈtim/, English sho·chets. Hebrew.

1. shohet.

noun, plural shohe·tim [shohkh–teem] /ʃoʊxˈtim/, English sho·hets. Hebrew.

1. a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.

noun plural shochets or shochetim

1. (in Judaism) a person who has been specially trained and licensed to slaughter animals and birds in accordance with the laws of shechita