Murderer

/ˈmɜːrdərər/

Meaning & Definition

noun

A person who commits murder.

The police arrested the murderer who was responsible for the horrific crime.

A person convicted of murder.

The murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A term used informally to describe someone who causes the death of another person, often in a figurative sense.

In the story, the betrayed friend was branded a murderer for ruining his partner's life.

From Middle English murderer, from Old French meurtrier, from Latin mactrīx, mactrīcem, from *mactare 'to kill'.

cold-blooded murderer

A murderer who acts without emotions or guilt.

serial murderer

A person who commits a series of two or more murders.

mass murderer

A person who kills multiple people in a single event.

murder

The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

homicide

The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another.

assassination

The act of killing someone important for political or ideological reasons.

Killer

He's a cold-hearted killer.

Hitman

They hired a hitman to take out their enemy.

Butcher

That guy is a real butcher; he has no qualms about killing.