murderer

American  

[mur-der-er] / ˈmɜr dər ər /

noun

1. a person who commits murder.

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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

Example Sentences

Outside the United Nations, around 200 demonstrators denounced Iran's deadly protest crackdown, holding placards reading: "No negotiations with murderers".

From Barron's

There is a possible motive for the police to try to frame Benguit - their failure to stop a suspected murderer from killing again.

From BBC

In the original, Hanks’ character is driven to madness, imagining that his neighbors in the creepy house across the street might be murderers.

From Los Angeles Times

“And this man—this so-called murderer— what did he look like?”

From Literature

“Nicknames such as ‘Lizzie’ are reserved for barmaids and axe murderers, of which you are neither,” she once said.

From Literature

Related Words

• assassin
• executioner