Dictionary

murderer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈmɜːdəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who commits murder.
   • Neither does a great nation […] debate, with drivelling tears, and diabolical sympathies, whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers.
   • It was two o'clock when she came to herself and called for the police. The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled. The stick with which the deed had been done, although it was of some rare and very tough and heavy wood, had broken in the middle under the stress of this insensate cruelty; […] 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Carew Murder Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 37:
   • “Every murderer is probably somebody’s old friend,” observed Poirot philosophically. “You cannot mix up sentiment and reason.” 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 150:
   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter II, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Coordinates

murderess

Deriveds

serial murderer · axe-murderer · child murderer · axe murderer · multimurderer · self-murderer · murderers' row · desk murderer · archmurderer · nonmurderer · mass murderer · Murderers' Row

Relateds

murderess · murder

Translations (194)

cs vražedkyně (person who commits murder) · bn কাতেল (person who commits murder) · yao jwakuulaga class 1 (person who commits murder) · mk катиљ (person who commits murder) · yi טויטשלאַגער (person who commits murder) · he רוצחת \ רוֹצַחַת (person who commits murder) · nuj omwiti class 1 (person who commits murder) · cs vrah (person who commits murder) · sah өлөрүөхсүт (person who commits murder) · hu gyilkos (person who commits murder) · nb morderske (person who commits murder) · nn mordar (person who commits murder) · vi kẻ giết người (person who commits murder) · yue 殺人犯 /杀人犯 (person who commits murder) · lt žmogžudys (person who commits murder) · gd murtair (person who commits murder) · es asesina (person who commits murder) · tt катыйль (person who commits murder) · sl morilec (person who commits murder) · la occītrīx (person who commits murder) · nl moordenaar (person who commits murder) · cmn 兇手 /凶手 (person who commits murder) · yi רוצח (person who commits murder) · chr ᎠᏓᎯᎯ (person who commits murder) · kmr mêrkuj (person who commits murder) · it assassino (person who commits murder) · la homicīda (person who commits murder) · ikz umwiti class 1 (person who commits murder) · grc φονεύτρια (person who commits murder) · eo murdisto (person who commits murder) · tr katil (person who commits murder) · zu umbulali (person who commits murder) · fr meurtrier (person who commits murder) · he רוצח \ רוֹצֵחַ (person who commits murder) · tt үтерүче (person who commits murder) · da morder (person who commits murder) · ar قَاتِل (person who commits murder) · ja 殺人者 (person who commits murder) · ug شۇمبەن (person who commits murder) · lb Mäerderin (person who commits murder) · nl moordenaarster (person who commits murder) · es victimaria (person who commits murder) · mk убиец (person who commits murder) · lb Mäerder (person who commits murder) · alt ӧлтӱречи (person who commits murder) · ur قاتل (person who commits murder) · kk қанішер (person who commits murder) · lt žmogžudė (person who commits murder) · ca assassina (person who commits murder) · de Mörder (person who commits murder) · el φόνισσα (person who commits murder) · izh päänikka (person who commits murder) · nrf meurtriyi (person who commits murder) · ru ки́ллер (person who commits murder) · uk вби́вця (person who commits murder) · sq vrasëse (person who commits murder) · izh murhamees (person who commits murder) · tk ganhor (person who commits murder) · grc φονεύς (person who commits murder) · gl asasina (person who commits murder) · pt assassina (person who commits murder) · sa घातक (person who commits murder) · kk қаныпезер (person who commits murder) · kn ಕೊಲೆಗಾರ (person who commits murder) · wyi moon-a-bil (person who commits murder) · orv головьникъ (person who commits murder) · km អ្នកសម្លាប់ (person who commits murder) · ba ҡатил (person who commits murder) · tg қотил (person who commits murder) · sv mörderska (person who commits murder) · crh qatil (person who commits murder) · sh ùbojica (person who commits murder) · mi kaikōhuru (person who commits murder) · uk уби́вця (person who commits murder) · kmr kujer (person who commits murder) · nb drapsmann (person who commits murder) · te హంతకుడు (person who commits murder) · hy մարդասպան (person who commits murder) · ta கொலைகாரன் (person who commits murder) · af moordenaar (person who commits murder) · yi מערדער (person who commits murder) · es homicida (person who commits murder) · km ឃាតករ (person who commits murder) · ko 살인자 (person who commits murder) · gl asasino (person who commits murder) · da morderske (person who commits murder) · cmn 殺人犯 /杀人犯 (person who commits murder) · bn খুনী (person who commits murder) · sv mördare (person who commits murder) · ang slaga (person who commits murder) · es victimario (person who commits murder) · kmr qatil (person who commits murder) · bg уби́йца (person who commits murder) · txb kauṣenta (person who commits murder) · ast asesín (person who commits murder) · ru душегу́б (person who commits murder) · sh ùbica (person who commits murder) · nb drapskvinne (person who commits murder) · cwa omwiti class 1 (person who commits murder) · el φονιάς (person who commits murder) · xal алач (person who commits murder) · fro murtrier (person who commits murder) · ar قَاتِلَة (person who commits murder) · hi ख़ूनी (person who commits murder) · cho abi (person who commits murder) · ang manslaga (person who commits murder) · tg кушанда (person who commits murder) · fr meurtrière (person who commits murder) · uk душогу́б (person who commits murder) · fa قاتل (person who commits murder) · cic hattak-abi' (person who commits murder) · gu હત્યારો (person who commits murder) · ja 人殺し (person who commits murder) · th ฆาตกร (person who commits murder) · ltg slapkauņs (person who commits murder) · mn алуурчин (person who commits murder) · az qatil (person who commits murder) · eo murdinto (person who commits murder) · ky өлтүргүч (person who commits murder) · wrh baluubuunildaayn (person who commits murder) · ro criminal (person who commits murder) · la interfector (person who commits murder) · atv ӧлтречи (person who commits murder) · sk vrah (person who commits murder) · be забо́йца (person who commits murder) · id pembunuh (person who commits murder) · sh у̀бица (person who commits murder) · ps قاتل (person who commits murder) · ky өлтүрүүчү (person who commits murder) · sa ताडक (person who commits murder) · el δολοφόνος (person who commits murder) · yue 殺手 /杀手 (person who commits murder) · fa آدمکش (person who commits murder) · pt homicida (person who commits murder) · mr खुनी (person who commits murder) · yue 兇手 /凶手 (person who commits murder) · ca assassí (person who commits murder) · si මිනීමරුවා (person who commits murder) · de Mörderin (person who commits murder) · yao jwakuwulaga ŵandu class 1 (person who commits murder) · ur خونی (person who commits murder) · nn drapskvinne (person who commits murder) · pl morderca (person who commits murder) · bg уби́ец (person who commits murder) · lv slepkava (person who commits murder) · sw muuaji (person who commits murder) · ka მკვლელი (person who commits murder) · akz aatiibi (person who commits murder) · nb morder (person who commits murder) · zlw-opl głównik (person who commits murder) · uz qotil (person who commits murder) · el δολοφόνισσα (person who commits murder) · pdt Merda (person who commits murder) · ml കൊലപാതകി (person who commits murder) · nb drapsperson (person who commits murder) · sl morilka (person who commits murder) · tg одамкуш (person who commits murder) · nn drapsperson (person who commits murder) · fr assassin (person who commits murder) · et mõrtsukas (person who commits murder) · cmn 殺手 /杀手 (person who commits murder) · ro criminală (person who commits murder) · fr assassine (person who commits murder) · pl zabójczyni (person who commits murder) · pt assassino (person who commits murder) · la interfectrīx (person who commits murder) · ug قاتىل (person who commits murder) · es asesino (person who commits murder) · br lazher (person who commits murder) · ps خوني (person who commits murder) · nn morderske (person who commits murder) · nuj omutemu class 1 (person who commits murder) · la occīsor (person who commits murder) · hi हत्यारा (person who commits murder) · hi क़ातिल (person who commits murder) · se olmmošgoddi (person who commits murder) · nan-hbl 殺手 /杀手 (person who commits murder) · lo ຄາດຕະກອນ (person who commits murder) · uz odamkush (person who commits murder) · it assassina (person who commits murder) · sq vrasës (person who commits murder) · fi murhaaja (person who commits murder) · is morðingi (person who commits murder) · sh у̀бојица (person who commits murder) · ms pembunuh (person who commits murder) · non morðari (person who commits murder) · my လူသတ်သမား (person who commits murder) · ru уби́йца (person who commits murder) · nl moordenares (person who commits murder) · nn drapsmann (person who commits murder) · pl zabójca (person who commits murder) · eo murdintino (person who commits murder) · pl morderczyni (person who commits murder) · sk vrahyňa (person who commits murder)