Murderer - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Murderer :  (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

Murderer : \Mur"der*er\, n. 1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

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

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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