murderess
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of murderess
1350–1400; Middle English moerdrice, morderes; see murder, -ess
Example Sentences
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Marten said she was worried people would think she was "some evil mother" or a "murderess."
From BBC • May 2, 2025
In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Rivera also inhabited roles like Rosie, the girlfriend of a rock star’s manager in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the original Velma and later the ambitious murderess Roxie in “Chicago,” and former showgirl Lilane in “Nine.”
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024
Her Democratic opponent, Felicia French, wasn’t some international drug trafficker or ax murderess, but rather a nurse and veteran of the war in Afghanistan.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2022
Go and look at Hogarth; there’s a world of dress for you by the grim humorist who painted Sarah Malcolm, the murderess, in her cell; who painted ‘Taste in High Life.’
From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton
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