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murderee

murderee noun: a murder victim.

Noun

murderee (plural murderees)

  1. (rare) A murder victim.
    • ...and so the problem becomes how to salvage the murderer, since the murderee is beyond recall.1970, David Cort, Revolution by Cliché
    • This was the murderee, a rich young man with narrow lips and the tussock hairstyle that had been fashionable five years before.2001, Jim Crace, Being Dead

Forms of murderee

pluralmurderees

Origin of murderee

From murder + -ee.

Questions about murderee

What does murderee mean?
Murderee means a murder victim.
What part of speech is murderee?
Murderee is a noun.
What is the plural of murderee?
The plural of murderee is murderees.

Words near murderee in the dictionary

  1. murderbots
  2. murdercide
  3. murdercides
  4. murdered
  5. murderedst
  6. murderee
  7. murderees
  8. murderer
  9. murderers
  10. murderers' row
  11. murderers' rows

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