murtherer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier murther (“murder”) + -er.
Noun
[edit]murtherer (plural murtherers)
- (obsolete) A murderer.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 71:
- A Murtherer, a Revolter, and a Robber.