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murderer
English
Alternative forms
- murtherer (obsolete)
Etymology
From murder +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?d???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??d???/
- Hyphenation: mur?der?er
Noun
murderer (plural murderers, feminine murderess)
- A person who commits murder.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- It was two o'clock when she came to herself and called for the police. The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled. The stick with which the deed had been done, although it was of some rare and very tough and heavy wood, had broken in the middle under the stress of this insensate cruelty
- I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:killer
Coordinate terms
- murderess
Related terms
- murder
- murderess
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- demurrer
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manslayer
English
Etymology
From Middle English mansleere, man-slaer, from Old English mannslaga, equivalent to man +? slayer.
Noun
manslayer (plural manslayers)
- One who commits homicide or manslaughter
Synonyms
- manslaughterer
- murderer
Translations
Anagrams
- salarymen
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