Meaning

2 senses
  1. A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.

    Töter, Abmurkser

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  2. (uncommon)A butcher.

More definitions
  • someone who causes the death of a person or animal

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Ziri was a powerful demon slayer.

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  2. Paul hired demon slayers.

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  3. How come only girls get to be vampire slayers? That's so sexist!

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  4. Thrice had Achilles round the Trojan wall / dragged Hector; there the slayer sells the slain.

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  5. If you watch past season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer without me, I'm going to kill you.

    ruЕсли ты станешь смотреть "Баффи, истребительницу вампиров" дальше четвёртого сезона без меня, я тебя убью.

    deWenn du „Buffy – im Bann der Dämonen“ weiter als bis zur vierten Staffel anschaust, wenn ich nicht dabei bin, dann bring ich dich um!

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
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one who slays:
Deutsch
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one who slays:

Origin

From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“s

From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay + -er.

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Forms

plural: slayers

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who causes the death of a person or animal:killer

Word family

12 related words

See also

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