murderer
noun/ˈmɜːdəɹə/UK/ˈmɝdɚɚ/US
Etymology
From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.
- inherited from murderere
Definitions
A person who commits murder.
- Neither does a great nation […] debate, with drivelling tears, and diabolical sympathies, whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers.
- I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA