murther
noun
murtherer
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a word derived from
murther.
Example Sentences
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Yet Aeolus would not be a murtherer, But left that hateful office unto thee.
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
I have a thought tells me it is religious To sacrifice a murtherer to death; Especially one that did act a deed So generally accounted odious.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
Now from that day to this the murtherer is to find; there are some to say old Lachie could put his hand on him at an hour's notice if he had the notion.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
You accuse your Brother As murtherer of your father: where's the proofe?
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
What's worse than murtherer, that I may name it?
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare
