murderee en · NOUN
Etymology
From murder + -ee.
Meanings
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(rare) A murder victim.
...and so the problem becomes how to salvage the murderer, since the murderee is beyond recall.
1970, David Cort, Revolution by Cliché:This was the murderee, a rich young man with narrow lips and the tussock hairstyle that had been fashionable five years before.
2001, Jim Crace, Being Dead:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| murderees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
cy llofruddiedig (murder victim)