murderer

mur-der-er · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who commits murder; one who unlawfully kills another person.

  2. 2.

    Someone who destroys something completely (figurative).

Forms

plural: murderers

Related words

Antonyms: victim
See also: homicide, killer, murder
Synonyms: assassin, killer, slayer

Etymology

From Old English morthor, meaning "murder," with the agent suffix -er.