Murderer

3 definitions found

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

  Murderer \Mur"der*er\ (m[^u]r"d[~e]r*[~e]r), n.
     1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his
        reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated
        malice.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks
        of boarders; -- called also {murdering piece}. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "murderer":
     Cain, apache, assassin, assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder,
     bravo, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cutthroat, desperado,
     eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter, gorilla, gun,
     gunman, gunsel, hatchet man, head-hunter, hit man,
     homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, liquidator, man-eater,
     man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, pesticide, poison,
     poisoner, slaughterer, slayer, strangler, thug, torpedo,
     trigger man