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murderer

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[mur-der-er] / ˈmɜr dər ər /

noun

  1. a person who commits murder.

idioms

  1. murderers' row,

    1. the row of cells in a prison where murderers and other violent or hard-core criminals are held.

    2. Baseball. a succession of heavy hitters scheduled to bat one after the other.

    3. any group of notorious or important people.

      a murderers' row of talent;

      a murderers' row of philosophers.

Other Word Forms

  • self-murderer noun

Etymology

Origin of murderer

1300–50; Middle English mortherer, mord ( e ) rer; murder, -er 1

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