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manqueller en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English manquellere, equivalent to man + queller.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A killer of men; a manslayer; executioner.
2. (obsolete) A murderer.
   • you must vnderstand , that this was not Kayne the manqueller , but one of a gentler spirit , and milder sex 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:
   • Wilt thou kill God's officers and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue! Thou art a honey-seed, a man-queller, and a woman-queller. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

Forms

Relateds

woman-queller