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kinslayer

noun

Etymology

From kin + slayer.

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

Definitions

  1. One who slays his or her own kin

    One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.

    • Associated by the poet with Cain, primordial kinslayer and therefore symbol of elemental social disunity, he stalks abroad, ravaging only by night...
    • I would not invoke the curse of a kinslayer.

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