Murderer

Noun

 * 1) A person who commits murder.
 * 2) *1886, ,
 * 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

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:killer

Adjectives for Murderer
cowardly; viperous;  notorious;  guilty; cursed; egregious; bloody.

Verbs for Murderer
apprehend—; curse—; execute—; glorify—; hunt—; incarcerate—; inspire—; net—; overtake—; overwhelm—; pardon—; penalize—; reproach—; reveal—; sate—; sent' ence—; spot—; stain—; terrify—; —con¬trives; —flees; —stifles.

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Alabama: aatiibi
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: assassí
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (traditional also: 兇手), 凶手
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Old French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, Mörderin
 * Hindi: हत्यारा
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 人殺し
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin: homocīda
 * Latvian: slepkava
 * Lithuanian: žmogžudys
 * Northern Sami: olmmošgoddi
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: قاتل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: murtair
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:, asesina
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ฆาตกร
 * Vietnamese: kẻ giết người
 * Wiradhuri: baluubuunildaayn

Related terms

 * murder
 * murderess

Anagrams

 * demurrer