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aberemurder

aberemurder noun: premeditated murder.

Noun

aberemurder

  1. (historical) premeditated murder
    • Yet they had degrees of blood-shed, and made a difference in the punishment; for some sprung from sudden passion, but other was forethought and purposed; which last they called Abere Murther, or Murther by foreplot or treachery[…][1689, Nathaniel Bacon, An historical and political discourse of the laws & government of England, page 62

Origin of aberemurder

From Old English ǣbǣre morþ, from ǣbēr (“open, blatant”) + morþ (“murder”). The second element was assimilated to English murder.

Questions about aberemurder

What does aberemurder mean?
Aberemurder means premeditated murder.
What part of speech is aberemurder?
Aberemurder is a noun.

Words near aberemurder in the dictionary

  1. aberduvines
  2. Aberdyfi
  3. Aberedw
  4. Abereiddian
  5. Abereiddy
  6. aberemurder
  7. Abererch
  8. Aberfan
  9. Aberfeldie
  10. Aberfeldy
  11. Aberffraw

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