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.

  1. derived from *mei-
  2. derived from *maitaną
  3. derived from *maitan
  4. derived from *matskelen
  5. derived from macellum
  6. derived from mazacrium
  7. derived from macecrer
  8. derived from macacre
  9. borrowed from massacre
  10. suffixed as massacree — “massacre + ee

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of massacre.

  2. A bizarre and improbable sequence of events creating great confusion and fuss.

  3. 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