blood avenger

English

Alternative forms

• blood-avenger
• avenger of blood

Etymology

Eventually probably after Biblical Hebrew גֹּאֵל דָם (gōʾēl dām).

Noun

blood avenger (plural blood avengers)

1. one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud

Related terms

• blood vengeance

Translations

one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person

• German: Bluträcher m
• Hebrew: גֹּאֵל דָם m (gōʾēl dām)
• Persian: خون‌خواه (xun-xâh)