Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who commits murder.

    Neither does a great nation […] debate, with drivelling tears, and diabolical sympathies, whether it ought not piously to save, and nursingly cherish, the lives of its murderers.

    Mörder, Mörderin

    уби́йцаubíjca, ки́ллерkíller, душегу́бdušegúb

    вби́вцяvbývcja, уби́вцяubývcja, душогу́бdušohúb

    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

Examples

184 sentences
  1. The murderer is still at large.

    Вбивцю ще не спіймали.

    ruУбийца всё ещё в бегах.

    deDer Mörder ist noch auf freiem Fuß.

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  2. The police are after the murderer.

    Поліція переслідує вбивцю.

    deDie Polizei ist hinter dem Mörder her.

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  3. Tom knew who the murderer was.

    Том знав, хто був вбивцею.

    ruТом знал, кто убийца.

    deTom wusste, wer der Mörder war.

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  4. I don't believe Tom is the murderer.

    Не думаю, що вбивця — Том.

    ruЯ не верю, что убийца - Том.

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  5. I don't believe that Tom is the murderer.

    Не думаю, що вбивця — Том.

    ruЯ не верю в то, что убийца - Том.

    deIch glaube nicht, dass Tom der Mörder ist.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who commits murder:
Русский
By meaning 1
person who commits murder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who commits murder:

Origin

From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.

From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er.

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Forms

plural: murderers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being):liquidatormanslayer

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the murderer was
  • not a murderer
  • is the murderer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
murderer — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto