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lifetaker

lifetaker noun: a murderer; an assassin.

Noun

lifetaker (plural lifetakers)

  1. A murderer; an assassin.
    • ‘I don't know hell's first whisper about you. You might be a lifetaker for all I know.’1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 86

Forms of lifetaker

plurallifetakers

Origin of lifetaker

From life + taker.

Questions about lifetaker

What does lifetaker mean?
Lifetaker means a murderer; an assassin.
What part of speech is lifetaker?
Lifetaker is a noun.
What is the plural of lifetaker?
The plural of lifetaker is lifetakers.

Words near lifetaker in the dictionary

  1. lifestylism
  2. lifestylist
  3. lifestylists
  4. lifetable
  5. lifetables
  6. lifetaker
  7. lifetakers
  8. lifetap
  9. lifetelling
  10. lifetellings
  11. lifethread

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