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murderer

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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

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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

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