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murderess
A woman who commits or has committed murder
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  1. A woman who commits or has committed murder
butcher
One who slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.
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  1. One who slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.
  2. (Informal, former) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theaters, trains, circuses, etc.
  3. A person whose work is killing animals or dressing their carcasses for meat
cutthroat
A cutthroat trout.
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  1. A cutthroat trout.
  2. An unprincipled, ruthless person.
  3. A murderer, especially one who cuts throats.
homicide
A police division responsible for investigating homicides
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  1. A police division responsible for investigating homicides
  2. The killing of a human being, committed by another. The killing of a human being, committed by another.
  3. The killing of one person by another, regardless of intention or legality.
killer
A person, animal, or thing that kills, esp. one that kills habitually or wantonly
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  1. A person, animal, or thing that kills, esp. one that kills habitually or wantonly
  2. (Slang) Something that is extremely difficult to deal with or withstand:
  3. Killer whale
manslayer
Someone who commits manslaughter
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  1. Someone who commits manslaughter
  2. One, such as a person or animal, that kills a human.
murderer
One who commits murder.
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  1. One who commits murder.
  2. A person who commits or has committed murder
triggerman
(US slang) A hired gunman; a bodyguard.
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  1. (US slang) A hired gunman; a bodyguard.
  2. That person, among those committing a crime, who shoots the victim
  3. A gunman, especially one who shoots someone.
Find another word for slayer. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slayer, like: murderess, help, butcher, cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderer, slaughterer and triggerman.

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  • Lion skins belong to the emperor, but the slayer keeps a strip to decorate his shield.

  • It is an amalgamation of the myth tof Beowa, the slayer of the water-demon and the dragon, with the historical legend of Beowulf, nephew and successor of Hygelac (Chochilaicus), king of the Geatas, who was defeated and slain (c. 520) while ravaging the Frisian coast.

  • vampire slayer at all, which is a shame.

  • In return for these, the antrustion enjoyed certain valuable advantages, as being specially entitled to the royal assistance and protection; his wergeld is three times that of an ordinary Frank; the slayer of a Frank paid compensation of 200 solidi, that of an antrustion had to find boo.

  • 19, which makes Elhanan the slayer of Goliath.

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