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father-slayers

father-slayers is the plural of father-slayer.

Meaning of father-slayer

Noun

father-slayer (plural father-slayers)

  1. (uncommon) One who kills or murders one's father; a patricide
    • Christy Mahon was the factor which destroyed the equilibrium of the lives of the Flaugherty's and Villagers, because he was an alleged fatherslayer.1952, William Daniel Simpson, The Creation of the Role of Christy in John M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, and an Analysis of the Acting Problems Involved

Questions about father-slayers

What is father-slayers the plural of?
Father-slayers is the plural of father-slayer.

Words near father-slayers in the dictionary

  1. father-fuckers
  2. father-in-law
  3. father-in-laws
  4. father-out-law
  5. father-slayer
  6. father-slayers
  7. father-to-be
  8. fathercraft
  9. fatherdom
  10. fathered
  11. Fatheree

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