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Webster 1828 Edition


Mankiller

MAN'KILLER

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Noun.
[man and kill.] One who slays a man.

Definition 2024


mankiller

mankiller

See also: man-killer

English

Noun

mankiller (plural mankillers)

  1. One who kills a human being.
    • 1827, Noah Worcester, The Friend of Peace (volume 4, page 364)
      Hence we may account not only for the grasshopper war of the Indians, but for the grasshopper duels among our midshipmen, military officers, members of Congress, and others who have been educated for mankillers.