deathsman
Americannoun
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deathsmen
plural
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Origin of deathsman
Example Sentences
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The deathsman sold me a black coat of mail, a beaked helmet and a dead spear .
From Time Magazine Archive
In his appointed hour, all was forthcoming— Judge, axe, and deathsman veiled! and my poor eyes Descry—as would thou saw'st!—a figure veiled, Uplooming there—afar, like sunrise, coming!
From Poems by Hugo, Victor
—A deathsman of the soul Robert Greene called him, Stephen said.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Nearer and nearer press the populace,—another moment, and the deathsman is defrauded.
From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
A little money, kept to give in alms, I have about me: deathsman, take it all; Thou art the last poor almsman I shall see.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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