murderer

mur·der·er  (mûrdr-r)

n.

One who commits murder.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) liquidator, manslayer assassin, assassinator, bravo - a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime cutthroat - someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat fratricide - a person who murders their brother or sister gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, torpedo, triggerman, gun, shooter - a professional killer who uses a gun hatchet man, iceman - a professional killer infanticide - a person who murders an infant killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal mass murderer - a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident murderess - a woman murderer parricide - someone who kills his or her parent ripper - a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman" serial killer, serial murderer - someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval

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murderer

noun killer, assassin, slayer, butcher, slaughterer, cut-throat, hit man (slang) a notorious mass murderer

Quotations
"Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend" [Agatha Christie The Mysterious Affair at Styles]
"You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style" [Vladimir Nabokov Lolita]

Translations

murderer [ˈmɜːdərəʳ] N → asesino/a m/f; (as Jur term) → homicida mf

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murderer [ˈmɜː^rdərə^r] n → meurtrier/ère m/f, assassin m

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murderer

n → Mörder(in) m(f)

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murderer [ˈmɜːdərəʳ] n → assassino, omicida m

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murderer → قاتل vrah morder Mörder δολοφόνος asesino murhaaja assassin ubojica assassino 殺人者 살인자 moordenaar morder morderca assassino убийца mördare ฆาตกร katil kẻ giết người 凶手