Schechter

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Schachter, Schächter, Schechter, Schacter (yiddish: šechter, Schecter..) is the Germanised form of shochet (See also "Schächten (DE)", the Germanised verb 'to slaughter'). It is a common German family name who's meaning is equivalent to Butcher. Other similarly derivated names include Metzger, Resnick, Fleischer and Fleischmann.

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[edit] Schachter

[edit] Schächter

  • Judith Schaechter, artist
  • Markus Schächter

[edit] Schechter


[edit] Schecter, Schekter


[edit] Shechter

[edit] Sechter

[edit] Schacter

  • Daniel L. Schacter
  • Stanley Schacter (nom de plume: Michael Sawyer)