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Definition of Manslayer
1. Noun. A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being).
Specialized synonyms: Assassin, Assassinator, Bravo, Butcher, Cutthroat, Fratricide, Gun, Gun For Hire, Gunman, Gunslinger, Hired Gun, Hit Man, Hitman, Shooter, Torpedo, Triggerman, Hatchet Man, Iceman, Infanticide, Mass Murderer, Murderess, Parricide, Ripper, Serial Killer, Serial Murderer
Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw, Killer, Slayer
Specialized synonyms: Jack The Ripper
Derivative terms: Liquidate, Murder
Definition of Manslayer
1. n. One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
Definition of Manslayer
1. Noun. Someone who commits manslaughter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manslayer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manslayer
Literary usage of Manslayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Reader's Bible: The Books of the Bible with Three Books of the by Richard Green Moulton (1907)
"And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities
of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee thither: and ..."
2. The Hexateuch According to the Revised Version: Arranged in Its Constituent by Joseph Estlin Carpenter, George Harford (1900)
"JE P1 of iron, so that he died, he is a manslayer : the manslayer shall ...
19 The 'avenger of blood shall himself put the manslayer to death : when he ..."
3. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... tabooed manslayer and the ceremonies of purification to which he is subject.
The deprivations which he has to undergo come to be looked upon in the ..."
4. Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors: Or the Best Words of the by John Timbs (1856)
"... as from a manslayer or enchanter, bless thyself; for the best profit and return
will be this—that if thou force him for whom thou art bound, ..."
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