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Definition of Murderer
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 Murderer
1. n. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
Definition of Murderer
1. Noun. A person who commits murder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Murderer
1. one that murders [n -S] - See also: murders
Lexicographical Neighbors of Murderer
Literary usage of Murderer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Unlike other instances of damage wrought, the murderer cannot offer an ...
Should the murderer die before being able to satisfy these claims they pass as a ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"At length the murderer of Mr. Hall was brought to justice, ... 'After the witness
had detailed how be had himself undertaken to be the murderer, ..."
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