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mankiller

mankiller noun: one who kills a human being.

Noun

mankiller (plural mankillers)

  1. One who kills a human being.
    • Hence we may account not only for the grasshopper war of the Indians, but for the grasshopper duels among our midshipmen, military officers, members of Congress, and others who have been educated for mankillers.1827, Noah Worcester, The Friend of Peace, volume 4, page 364

Forms of mankiller

pluralmankillers

Origin of mankiller

From Middle English man-killer, equivalent to man + killer.

Questions about mankiller

What does mankiller mean?
Mankiller means one who kills a human being.
What part of speech is mankiller?
Mankiller is a noun.
What is the plural of mankiller?
The plural of mankiller is mankillers.

Words near mankiller in the dictionary

  1. Mankes
  2. manketti
  3. mankettis
  4. mankier
  5. mankiest
  6. mankiller
  7. mankillers
  8. mankily
  9. mankin
  10. mankind
  11. mankinde

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