Roger had moved in the best English society; this man amongst slaughtermen, bushrangers, thieves, and highwaymen.

Oh, he's a terrible slaughterman at a Thanksgiving dinner.

They then applied to an officer "of practice and experience in murder," Charles de Louviers, Sieur de Maurevert, who was called the king's slaughterman (le tueur du roi), because he had already rendered such a service, and they agreed with him as to all the circumstances of place, time, and procedure most likely to secure the success of the deed, whilst giving the murderer chances of escape.