murther

[mur-th er]

noun, verb (used with or without object) Obsolete.

murder.

Nearby words

Origin of murther

before 900; Middle English morther, Old English morthor; cognate with Gothic maurthr. See mortal

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Examples from the Web for murther

Mrs. O'Grady rolled herself up in the bed-curtains while the nurse screeched "Murther!"
Handy Andy, Volume One|Samuel Lover
I am glad of this; sure they have murther'd him, What shall I do?
Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10)|Francis Beaumont
This murther was committed afore the high altar, as the same Henrie knéeled there to heare diuine seruice.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (8 of 12)|Raphael Holinshed
We might substitute, for instance, "So by this procedure, the murther of the King was pardoned."
The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6)|John Knox

Two crowned heads before the tribunal of a plebeian, and one a defendant against the charge of murther!
Rienzi|Edward Bulwer Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for murther

murther

noun, verb

an archaic word for murder

Derived Formsmurtherer, noun

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