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mincer¹

  • /ˈmɪnsɚ/ US

noun mincers

  1. A kitchen utensil used for mincing meat, etc.
  2. Someone who minces.
  3. UK, derogatory, slang A homosexual male.

Mincer²

Where it comes from

Two main origins:

* Borrowed from Polish Mincer, the local spelling of the German surname Mintzer.

* Metonymic occupational surname for a butcher, a cook, or a warrior, from a derivative of Middle English mincen (“to mince”).

proper noun Mincers

  1. A surname.

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@misc{mincer_2026,
  title = {mincer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mincer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}