killcow noun2 •(no longer used) A butcher.Of all occupations that now adays are used / I would not be a butcher, for that's to be refused; / For whatever is gotten, or whatever is gained, / He shall be call'd Kill-cow, and so shall be named. — 1888 •(figurative, no longer used) A violent person; a bully; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.Muster his arrant braveries together, and where such a terrible kill-cow, or such a vengeable bull-beggar, to deal withal? — 1593 formskillcows
