murderess
[mur-der-is]
- a woman who commits murder.
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Origin of murderess
Usage note
See -ess.
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homicide, executioner, killer, manslayer, butcher, slayer, soldier, triggerman, cutthroat, assassin, criminal, perpetrator, enforcer, hit-and-runExamples from the Web for murderess
Historical Examples
And at every yard of the way he repeated to himself the words: “Murderess!”
The Crime ClubWilliam Holt-White
On her tomb was found inscribed, “The Murderess of her Family.”
The Prime MinisterW.H.G. Kingston
A few feet further I reeled—my head seemed turning round—and again shouting 'Murderess!'
Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his PaladinsJohn Esten Cooke
Then from out of the middle of the crowd of lookers-on came a cry of Murderess!
Dead Man's Plack and an Old ThornWilliam Henry Hudson
Whether Mr. Murderer and Mrs. Murderess Manning were not both unusually stout people?
The Woman in WhiteWilkie Collins