cuchillero

Spanish

Etymology

From cuchillo +‎ -ero.

Noun

cuchillero m (plural cuchilleros, feminine cuchillera, feminine plural cuchilleras)

1. knife salesman; cutler
2. one who kills with a knife, especially an assassin or ruffian

Further reading

• “cuchillero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16