slayer
/ˈsleɪə/noun archaic or literary
Someone who kills a person or animal in a violent way: David, the slayer of Goliath a dragon slayer...
- Finally, there is an encounter where a veteran slayer faces down a vampire with a wooden stake in hand.
- He plays the part of a fish who boasts about being a shark slayer.
- The scorpion holds an infamous place in Greek mythology as the slayer of Orion.
