One who commits murder.
murderer
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mur·der·er (mûr'dər-ər)  |
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noun
- One who murders another: butcher, cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderess, slaughterer, slayer, triggerman. See help/harm/harmless.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
Synonyms: liquidator, manslayer
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- Shimeath (in the Old Testament)
- uxoricide
- bloodshedder
- Jozachar (in the Old Testament)
- slayer
- murderess
- Rechab (in the Old Testament)
- Allectus (in archaeology)
- The Quare Fellow
- murdermonger
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