bloodsheddern.
/ˈblʌdʃɛdə/, U.S. /ˈblədˌʃɛdər/ A person who sheds blood or kills someone; a murderer.
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a1425 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 1900) (1879) VII. 523 The Quyrites..cleped the pope a blode scheder, and a mansleer.
1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Ciijv A cruell and an vnrightous bloudesheder.
1578 T. Timme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Gen. 222 Howsoever Magistrates do wink, God raiseth up elsewhere exequutioners which repay to bloodshedders their reward.
1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xxxiv. 22 Hee that defraudeth the labourer of his hire, is a blood~shedder . View more context for this quotation
1669 W. Killigrew Imperial Trag. v. sig. N1v To you, for great Harmatius sake, I do commit that blood shedder.
1706 J. Whittle Thanksgiving-Sermon 8 He has given those Blood-shedders, their own Blood to drink.
1812 Polit. Rev. & Monthly Mirror of Times 10 91/2 The most idle, luxurious, monopolizing, tyrannical, at home;—the slave-traders, war-fomentors, devastation-promoters, and blood-shedders abroad.
1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 145 The blood-shedder, who was pacing the yard moodily.
1920 Living Age 6 Nov. 354/1 The priest..told them this was the fate of blood-shedders.
1993 B. Fletcher Iron Mouth x. 98 We cannot allow the female half of the world to join forces with butchers and bloodshedders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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