murderer

mur·der·er

M0486333 (mûr′dər-ər)n. One who commits murder.

mur•der•er

(ˈmɜr dər ər)

n. a person who commits murder. [1300–50; Middle English mortherer, mord(e)rer]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)liquidator, manslayerassassin, 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 murderercriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimecutthroat - someone who murders by cutting the victim's throatfratricide - a person who murders their brother or sistergun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, torpedo, triggerman, gun, shooter - a professional killer who uses a gunhatchet man, iceman - a professional killerinfanticide - a person who murders an infantkiller, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animalmass murderer - a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incidentmurderess - a woman murdererparricide - someone who kills his or her parentripper - 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

murderer

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

murderer

nounOne who murders another:butcher, cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderess, slaughterer, slayer, triggerman.

Translations

凶手杀人犯

murder

(ˈməːdə) noun1. (an act of) killing a person on purpose and illegally. The police are treating his death as a case of murder; an increase in the number of murders. 謀殺 谋杀2. any killing or causing of death that is considered as bad as this. the murder of innocent people by terrorists. 兇殺 凶杀 verb to kill (a person) on purpose and illegally. He murdered two children. 謀殺 谋杀ˈmurderer – feminine ˈmurderess – nounMurderers are no longer hanged in Britain. 殺人犯 杀人犯ˈmurderous adjective intending, or capable of, murder. There was a murderous look in his eye. 企圖殺害的，足以殺害的 蓄意谋杀的，杀人的，杀气腾腾的 ˈmurderously adverb 企圖殺害地，足以殺害地 凶恶地

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