'Murderer' definitions:
Definition of 'murderer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) [syn: murderer, liquidator, manslayer]
Definition of 'Murderer'
From: GCIDE
- Murderer \Mur"der*er\ (m[^u]r"d[~e]r*[~e]r), n.
- 1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'murderer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apache,
- assassin,
- assassinator,
- bloodletter,
- bloodshedder,
- bravo,
- burker,
- butcher,
- button man,
- Cain,
- cannibal,
- cutthroat,
- desperado,
- eradicator,
- executioner,
- exterminator,
- garroter,
- gorilla,
- gun,
- gunman,
- gunsel,
- hatchet man,
- head-hunter,
- hit man,
- homicidal maniac,
- homicide,
- killer,
- liquidator,
- man-eater,
- man-killer,
- manslayer,
- massacrer,
- matador,
- pesticide,
- poison,
- poisoner,
- slaughterer,
- slayer,
- strangler,
- thug,
- torpedo,
- trigger man