murderer

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He saw a continuous stream of men moving toward the small river that swept southward, to the east of the town, and asking of one the cause was told that the ahiria (murderer)--for now Hunsa was known as the murderer--was being sent on his way.

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  1. noun One who commits murder.

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  • If, then, the murderer was the agent and the two likeliest bets for the agent were Losse and Grace, which of them shaped up best as the murderer? —  Died in the Wool - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 13: 1944
  • Well, imagine his surprise when he learns that the murderer was the burglar that he let go! —  Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
  • Her parents held a family meeting and coolly selected an assassin, then left the house so the murderer could be alone with his victim. —  CAMERA Snapshots
  • The first story's over-the-top take on a woman pretending she's got powers in order to scare off a murderer is almost insulting in its inability to convince, and the second tale also fails in its ambitions, in this case to deliver a bittersweet take on generational heroism. —  The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy
  • Him being a murderer is an obvious exaggeration, but they all kept shouting it as fact. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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  1. Also and more orig. murtherer; from Middle English mordrere, mortherer; from murder + -er.
 

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