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One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

A suicide.

n equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime. The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood. Pope. The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure. Junius.

One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.

One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] Shak.

A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer. Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. Churchill.

the body; sometimes, the arm. Brawn without brains is thine. Dryden. It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand. E. Hall. And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn. Shak.

quate; suitable to the fault or crime. "Condign censure." Milman. Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.

One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.

Odious; pernicious; detestable. Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces. Shak.

A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.

A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. A warrant for his execution. Shak.

To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer.

o detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. 1 John iii. 15.

time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day. The murderer, rising with the light, killeth the poor and needy. Job xxiv. 14.

A murderer. [Obs. or Prov.]

The murderer of his father.

h an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head 2 Kings vi. 32.

One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.

One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.