Meaning of MURDERER
| Pronunciation: | | 'murdurur
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| | Definition: | | [n] a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
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| | Synonyms: | | liquidator, manslayer |
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| | See Also: | | assassin, assassinator, bravo, butcher, criminal, crook, cutthroat, felon, fratricide, gun, gunman, gunslinger, hatchet man, hired gun, hit man, iceman, infanticide, Jack the Ripper, killer, malefactor, murderess, outlaw, parricide, ripper, serial killer, serial murderer, shooter, slayer, torpedo, triggerman | |
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| | Definition: | |  Murderer
So full of hoaxes and double crossing you can hardly believe your eyes. The plot leaves you breathless by the audacity of its hair-raising twists and turns . -- Milton Shulman, Evening Standard Diabolically ingenious . -- John Barber, Daily Telegraph Opening with one of the most truly horrifying scenes ever devised for the stage, Shaffer`s play unfolds upon an incredulous and mesmerized audience. This tale of murder, revenge and sexual claustrophobia from the author of Sleuth is constantly shifting and twisting around the obsessions of a man fascinated by the crimes of some of our most famous murderers. But where does such a fascination end and the compulsion to kill begin? more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mur"der*er\, n.
1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his
reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated
malice.
2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks
of boarders; -- called also {murdering piece}. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | apache, assassin, assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, burker, butcher, button man, Cain, cannibal, cutthroat, desperado, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter, gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, hatchet man, head-hunter, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, liquidator, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, pesticide, poison, poisoner, slaughterer, slayer, strangler, thug, torpedo, trigger man |
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