Manslayer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Manslayer \Man"slay`er\, n.
     One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  manslayer
       n : a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful
           premeditated killing of another human being) [syn: {murderer},
            {liquidator}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Manslayer
     one who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to
     flee to a city of refuge (Num. 35:6, 12, 22, 23), his compulsory
     residence in which terminated with the death of the high priest.
     (See CITY OF {REFUGE}.)