Murderer

  • 1murderer — mur·der·er / mər dər ər/ n: a person who commits murder Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. murderer …

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  • 2murderer — (n.) mid 14c., alteration of murtherer (c.1300), agent noun from MURDER (Cf. murder) (v.); in part from O.Fr. mordrere, from M.L. murdrarius, from Germanic. Old English words for this included morðorcwalu, morðorslaga, morðorwyrhta, lit. murder… …

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  • 3Murderer — Mur der*er (m[^u]r d[ e]r*[ e]r), n. 1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice. [1913 Webster] 2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship s decks of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4murderer — [n] person who kills assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit and run*, hit person*, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person*; concept 412 …

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  • 5murderer — [mur′dər ər] n. a person who commits or has committed murder …

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  • 6murderer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accused (esp. BrE), alleged, suspected ▪ convicted ▪ potential, would be ▪ Does the death penalty deter would be murderers? …

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  • 7murderer — [[t]mɜ͟ː(r)dərə(r)[/t]] murderers N COUNT A murderer is a person who has murdered someone. One of these men may have been the murderer. ...a notorious mass murderer …

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  • 8murderer */ — UK [ˈmɜː(r)dərə(r)] / US [ˈmɜrdərər] noun [countable] Word forms murderer : singular murderer plural murderers someone who commits murder a mass murderer (= someone who has killed several people) …

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  • 9murderer — n. a mass; serial murderer * * * serial murderer a mass …

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  • 10murderer — mur|der|er [ˈmə:dərə US ˈmə:rdərər] n someone who murders another person ▪ a convicted murderer ▪ his brother s murderer …

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