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slayer

noun
/ˈsleɪə/UK

Etymology

From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay + -er.

  1. derived from slaga — “slayer”
  2. inherited from slear

Definitions

  1. A killer

    A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.

  2. A butcher.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for slayer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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