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manslayer

manslayer

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A person who kills someone illegally
  • noun
  • /ˈmænˌsleɪər/
translation icon : asesino

Examples

  • Alone a lot with guns from boyhood on, always a savage, later a fucker and manslayer, a time or two even gainfully employed by frontier towns of lust and violence—you grew.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The police arrested him as a manslayer after they found evidence linking him to the crime.

  • In the movie, the main character is a dangerous manslayer who evades capture for years.

  • During the trial, the lawyer argued that the defendant was not just a manslayer but acted in self-defense.

Synonyms

murderer
vsmanslayer
  • NSFW
946 3.4

A person who illegally kills another person on purpose

is an unlawful killing that does not require premeditation
liquidator
vsmanslayer
  • Offensive
9.6

A person who kills others for political or criminal reasons

is an unlawful killing term used more broadly, not only planned political acts

How Intentional

serial killer
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manslayer
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Surface Forms

manslayer singular
manslayers plural

Morphology

manslayer = man + slayer (transparent) = man + slay + er

Formed from the clear components 'man' + 'slayer' (slayer = one who kills), so the meaning 'killer of a man' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Manslayer is a simple compound of man and slayer, where slay is an old word meaning 'to kill'. So a manslayer is literally someone who kills a person, which is why the word means a murderer or killer.