murderess
[ mur-der-is ]
noun
a woman who commits murder.
Origin of murderess
1usage note For murderess
See -ess.
Words Nearby murderess
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How to use murderess in a sentence
Whether Mr. Murderer and Mrs. murderess Manning were not both unusually stout people?
The Woman in White | Wilkie CollinsAnd at every yard of the way he repeated to himself the words: “murderess!”
The Crime Club | William Holt-WhiteOn her tomb was found inscribed, “The murderess of her Family.”
The Prime Minister | W.H.G. KingstonA few feet further I reeled—my head seemed turning round—and again shouting 'murderess!'
Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins | John Esten CookeThen from out of the middle of the crowd of lookers-on came a cry of murderess!
Dead Man's Plack and an Old Thorn | William Henry Hudson
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