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death-hunter

death-hunter noun: a peddler who sold lurid accounts of murderers' dying speeches and confessions.

Noun

death-hunter (plural death-hunters)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A peddler who sold lurid accounts of murderers' dying speeches and confessions.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) An undertaker (funeral director).

Forms of death-hunter

pluraldeath-hunters

Questions about death-hunter

What does death-hunter mean?
Death-hunter means a peddler who sold lurid accounts of murderers' dying speeches and confessions.
What part of speech is death-hunter?
Death-hunter is a noun.
What is the plural of death-hunter?
The plural of death-hunter is death-hunters.

Words near death-hunter in the dictionary

  1. death-defying
  2. death-doom
  3. death-fire
  4. death-fires
  5. death-grip
  6. death-hunter
  7. death-knell
  8. death-knells
  9. death-like
  10. death-messenger
  11. death-messengers

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