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suicider

suicider noun: one who commits suicide.

Noun

suicider (plural suiciders)

  1. (nonstandard) One who commits suicide.
  2. (social work) One who is planning to commit suicide.
    • Most often discussion would take place during the planning stages or while the suicider is making his preparations, that is, before suicidal steps have actually been taken. […] A suicide intervener in real life (if he had the nerve) could have a similarly calm discussion with a suicider who had...1995, Gavin Fairbairn, Contemplating suicide: the language and ethics of self-harm, page 172

Synonyms of suicider

Forms of suicider

pluralsuiciders

Origin of suicider

From suicide + -er.

Questions about suicider

What does suicider mean?
Suicider means one who commits suicide.
What part of speech is suicider?
Suicider is a noun.
What is the plural of suicider?
The plural of suicider is suiciders.

Words near suicider in the dictionary

  1. suicide watches
  2. suicided
  3. suicidee
  4. suicidees
  5. suicidelike
  6. suicider
  7. suiciders
  8. suicides
  9. suicides by cop
  10. suicidical
  11. suiciding

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