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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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Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin and Republican politicians who support Trump’s immigration actions have characterized the protests as riots intended to “keep rapists, murderers and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets.”

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A triple murderer infamous for killing the so-called Essex Boys has been released from jail.

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"The Hamas murderers will now be forced to choose: accept the terms of the 'Witkoff Deal' for the release of the hostages - or be annihilated," he said.

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Did you try to guess the murderer’s identity?

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"When mass murderers, rapists, baby killers and kidnappers thank you, you're on the wrong side of justice," he posted on X.

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

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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