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deerslayer

noun

Etymology

From deer + slayer.

  1. derived from slaga — “slayer”
  2. inherited from slear
  3. compounded as deerslayer — “deer + slayer”

Definitions

  1. One who kills deer.

    • He’d enjoyed the rush of peering in a window at the deerslayers, but invariably they’d just been smoking like chimneys, drinking to excess, overeating, and acting like yahoos.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA