different between warrior vs murderer

English

Alternative forms

• warriour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman guerreier, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w??i?/, /?w??j?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w????/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?w??i?(?)/, /?w??j?(?)/
• Hyphenation: war?ri?or
• Rhymes: -??i?(?)

Noun

warrior (plural warriors)

1. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
2. (figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

Derived terms

• bloody warrior
• warriorhood

Related terms

• war

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “warrior”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• warrior at OneLook Dictionary Search

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)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:killer

Coordinate terms

• murderess

Related terms

• murder
• murderess

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• demurrer