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manslaughtern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.1, slaughter n. Etymology: < man n.1 + slaughter n. Compare earlier manslaught n.The rare β form (compare sleighter n.) is evidently an analogical formation after variants of manslaught n. showing i-mutation. the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun] > in law a1325 (2011) vii. 42 Ne fram nou forthward ne lith non assoine for þe apel of manslauȝtre, in wat curt so euere sal þe apel ben itermined. 1447 V. 137/2 Robberies, Murthers, mayehemes and manslaut'. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 131 Robbery..wyth murdur & mansloughtur. 1601–2 W. Fulbecke i. 90 You seeme under your first member, which is the wilful killing of a man of malice forethought, to comprehend manslaughter, which is done in the heate and furie of anger and sodaine falling out. 1625 J. Hart ii. xi. 122 I cannot see any iust cause why it should not bee pronounced guiltie of man-slaughter at the least, if not of murther. 1682 11 May 2/1 What was comprehended under the Title of Felony, viz., Murder, Manslaughter, Buggery, Rape. a1732 T. Boston (1805) 21 Such as men-slaughter, purely casual, as when one hewing wood, kills his neighbour with the head of the ax slipping from the helve. 1769 W. Blackstone IV. 190 In this there are also degrees of guilt, which divide the offence into man~slaughter, and murder. 1847 G. P. R. James xx The foreman returned a verdict of ‘Manslaughter’ against Edward Dudley. 1898 17 Jan. 6/6 The young man..who was convicted on Friday of manslaughter of a woman. 1931 D. L. Sayers xxix. 351 ‘If the jury are sensible people, they'll bring it in self-defence or justifiable homicide.’.. They brought it in manslaughter. 1975 May 32 Paul Smithers was arrested a few minutes later. The original charge, non-capital murder, was later reduced to manslaughter. 1990 L. H. Birnie x. 184 The charge of murder was withdrawn, and he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, for which he was immediately sentenced to eight years. 2006 R. J. R. Levesque ix. 419 If you do not intend to kill someone, you cannot be convicted of murder as you do not have the necessary mens rea. (You would be convicted of manslaughter instead.) †2. the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun] α. c1390 G. Chaucer 565 Spirituel manslaughtre is in sixe thynges. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 25457 O mans-slaghter had i na mak. ?a1425 (?c1350) (Rawl.) 1348 (MED) If any man be in presoune ffor manslaghter or for tresoune. ?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1878) 63 In oure dayes nis but covetyse..Poyson, manslauhtre. c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry (1914) 27 (MED) Þer es manes-slaghter of hand, of tunge, of herte. a1500 (?c1425) (1936) 125 (MED) Tho that were reed and blody in þe visages, they ben..louyng..falsdedes and mansclauȝters. 1588 W. Lambarde (new ed.) ii. vii. 223 Vsing Manslaughter, as a sort of Felonie, that comprehendeth vnder it all maner of felonious Homicide whatsoeuer. 1601–2 W. Fulbecke i. 92 Manslaughter se defendendo is, where [etc.]. 1611 2 Esdras i. 26 Your feete are swift to commit manslaughter . View more context for this quotation a1687 W. Petty (1927) II. 117 What minglings of Male and Female are sins against God, or crimes against their Magistracy? and the same of Man-slaughters, and taking away one an others goods. the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] a1400 (?a1350) (Egerton) (1927) 364 Better is pes for ay..Þan monslauȝter in werre. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich xii. 418 (MED) There grete Manslawghtre Men Miht se, How that Eualache men Tholomes men slowe. a1500 (?c1450) 244 Ther was a stronge bataile and grete man-slaughter on both sithes. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 352/2 What distruccion and man slaughter they haue caused. 1590 R. Greene 19 The King fearing some manslaughter would grow vpon these amorous conuents, and that Rosamond like a second Helena would cause the ruine of Thessalie. 1667 J. Milton xi. 693 To overcome in Battel,..and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter . View more context for this quotation 1880 T. Hodgkin I. i. Introd. 14 It [sc. an army] soon ceases to be an efficient instrument even for its own purpose of scientific manslaughter. 1898 G. Tuckwell in Aug. 253 (heading) Commercial manslaughter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). manslaughterv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: manslaughter n. Etymology: < manslaughter n., after slaughter v. the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > kill man [verb (transitive)] 1843 C. Dickens (1844) iv. 46 Those who hooked and crooked themselves into this family by getting on the blind side of some of its members before marriage, and manslaughtering them afterwards by crowing over them to that strong pitch that they were glad to die. 1860 10 Nov. 231/1 Enright and Stewart amused themselves..by manslaughtering one Horrigan, conjointly. 1920 R. Macaulay iii. ii. 133 I had left the house morally certain that Arthur Gideon had murdered (or anyhow manslaughtered) Oliver Hobart. 1993 22 July 10 If you are yelling ‘Help! Police!’ while being battered to the ground, it may be argued on your assailant's behalf that he was not murdering you but merely manslaughtering you while attempting to escape arrest and possible assault by burly guardians of the law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1325 v.1843 |
