manslayer
English Thesaurus
1. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) (noun.person)
hypernym | : | killer, slayer, |
definition | : | someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | assassin, assassinator, bravo, |
definition | : | a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | butcher, |
definition | : | a brutal indiscriminate murderer (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | cutthroat, |
definition | : | someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | fratricide, |
definition | : | a person who murders their brother or sister (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman, |
definition | : | a professional killer who uses a gun (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | infanticide, |
definition | : | a person who murders an infant (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | mass murderer, |
definition | : | a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | murderess, |
definition | : | a woman murderer (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | parricide, |
definition | : | someone who kills his or her parent (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | ripper, |
definition | : | a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife (noun.person) |
hyponym | : | serial killer, serial murderer, |
definition | : | someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval (noun.person) |
instance hyponym | : | jack the ripper, |
definition | : | an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century (noun.person) |
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