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kinslayer

kinslayer noun: one who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.

Noun

kinslayer (plural kinslayers)

  1. (rare) One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.
    • Associated by the poet with Cain, primordial kinslayer and therefore symbol of elemental social disunity, he stalks abroad, ravaging only by night...1978, Michael James Swanton, editor, Beowulf
    • I would not invoke the curse of a kinslayer.1982, Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon

Forms of kinslayer

pluralkinslayers

Origin of kinslayer

From kin + slayer.

Questions about kinslayer

What does kinslayer mean?
Kinslayer means one who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.
What part of speech is kinslayer?
Kinslayer is a noun.
What is the plural of kinslayer?
The plural of kinslayer is kinslayers.

Words near kinslayer in the dictionary

  1. kinships
  2. kinsider
  3. Kinsinger
  4. Kinsingers
  5. Kinsky
  6. kinslayer
  7. kinslayers
  8. Kinslee
  9. Kinsleigh
  10. Kinsler
  11. Kinslers

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