massacree
noun/ˈmæ.sə.kɹi/US
Etymology
Likely a corruption of English/French massacre, possibly from the Missouri French dialect. Originated in the Ozark Mountains; date unknown.
Definitions
Alternative form of massacre.
A bizarre and improbable sequence of events creating great confusion and fuss.
One who has been killed in a massacre.
- Suffice it to say, that no very pleasant feelings existed (as indeed may easily be believed) between the families of the massacrors, and the massacrees.
- The battle scene with himself in the role of massacree was not overly inviting.
- In the prologue to Black Lamb, West wrote of foreign travellers 'who return with a pet Balkan people established in their hearts as suffering and innocent, eternally the massacree and never the massacrer', adding: ...
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA