manslayer
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of manslayer
before 1000; Middle English; manslaer. See man, slayer ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The nearest city could always be reached by the manslayer in half a day.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
In them, and in them only,Pg 80 was the manslayer safe from the avenger of blood.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
He made the way as plain as possiblePg 70 to the manslayer of old.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
Impecunious ghosts, hard fate of, 406 Impurity, ceremonial, of manslayer, 229 sq.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
The manslayer of old required to be within the refuge-city.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
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