Definitions for murderer
ˈmɜr dər ərmur·der·er

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. murderer, liquidator, manslayer(noun)

   a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. murderer(Noun)

   A person who commits murder.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Murderer(noun)

   one guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice

2. Murderer(noun)

   a small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. murderer

   1. A savior of society. Synonyms: Soldier, hangman, doctor. 2. A man born ahead of or after his time.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. murderer

   The name formerly used for large blunderbusses, as well as for those small pieces of ordnance which were loaded by shifting metal chambers placed in the breech.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. murderer

   A great piece of artillery. Among the ordnance given up to Monk with Edinburgh Castle in 1650 is mentioned “The great iron murderer, Muckle Meg.”

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'murderer' in Nouns Frequency: #2779

Anagrams for murderer »

1. demurrer

How to pronounce murderer?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of murderer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of murderer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of murderer in a Sentence

1. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

   You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.

2. Maya Angelou:

   I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

3. Smiley Blanton:

   Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere.

4. Sheriff Grady Judd:

   This is the face and these are the eyes of a cold-blooded murderer.

5. Jean Rostand:

   Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God.

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