manslayer

American  

[man-sley-er] / ˈmænˌsleɪ ər /

noun

1. a person who kills another human being.

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Other Word Forms

• manslaying noun

Etymology

Origin of manslayer

before 1000; Middle English; manslaer. See man, slayer ( def. )

Example Sentences

No manslayer then the wide world o'er When Mine and Thine are known no more.

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William

Cereals unknown to Melanesians and Polynesians, 408 Ceremonial impurity 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

Then said Amis: “Never shall it be that my fellow be a manslayer for the healing of me.”

From Old French Romances by Morris, William

And so in the midst of these voyces, and in the fury of the flames, he with his wife and the manslayer his sonne, in the yere of Christ 1010. ended his life.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

In this case a special hut was not built for the manslayer, and he was allowed to pass the nights in the temple of the war god.

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