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murderer

[mur-der-er]

noun

  1. a person who commits murder.



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Other Word Forms

  • self-murderer noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of murderer1

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

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.

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Example Sentences

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"She is a murderer but she didn't deserve to be taken from the world in the way that she was," said grandson Stephen Beard.

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Italy's Sports Minister Andrea Abodi described the attack as a "shocking assault," carried out by "criminals who have turned into murderers and can never be called fans," he said.

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While the 10-hour debate was mostly respectful, some onlookers watching the debate cried out "murderers" after the bill passed.

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Two convicted murderers were put to death on Tuesday -- in Florida and Missouri -- and another inmate was executed on Wednesday in Mississippi.

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Counter-terror police said the self-styled "militant" online group provided an "echo chamber of extreme right-wing views where they shared horrific racial slurs, glorified mass murderers and encouraged violence against anyone deemed an enemy".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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