slayer

English

Alternative forms

• slayor (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)

Noun

slayer (plural slayers)

1. a killer; a murderer; someone who slays

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:killer

Derived terms

• brother-slayer
• dragonslayer
• father-slayer
• manslayer
• self-slayer
• slayer rule
• slayer statute

 

Translations

one who slays

• Bulgarian: убиец (bg) m (ubiec)
• Finnish: surmaaja (fi), tappaja (fi)
• French: assassin (fr)
• German: Töter m, Abmurkser m
• Ingrian: mukistaja, tappaja
• Italian: uccisore (it), assassino (it)
• Latin: homicīda m, interfector m, interfectrix f, occīsor m
• Portuguese: assasino m, assasina f, matador (pt) m, matadora (pt) f, sicário m, sicária f
• Russian: уби́йца (ru) m (ubíjca)
• Sanskrit: घातक (sa) m (ghātaka)
• Spanish: asesino (es) m, asesina (es) f
• Swedish: baneman (sv) c

Anagrams

• Earlys, Layers, Learys, Raleys, Rayles, Salyer, Sayler, layers, re-lays, relays