murderer

Noun

Meaning

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

manslayer slayer butcher liquidator killer homicide assassin executioner serial killer hitman contract killer inquisitor bravo apache iceman
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Antonyms

gopher producer goat dill seagull valentine
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Hypernyms

slayer malefactor criminal killer outlaw crook

Hyponyms

bravo iceman ripper butcher gun torpedo

Related terms

murder murderess

Phrases with the word

ax murderer armed murderer biggest murderer nine-murderer child murderer hemipteran murderer

Anagrams

demurrer

Examples

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god. Jean Rostand

Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend. Agatha Christie

A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous. Graham Greene

The deserter is the brother of the murderer. Arabic Proverb

An ignorant doctor is no better than a murderer. Chinese Proverb

The mother of someone who is killed can sleep; the mother of the murderer cannot. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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