murderess
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English morderes, from Old French morderesse, moeurdrese; equivalent to murder + -ess.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɜːdəˈɹɛs/, /ˈmɜːdəɹɪs/, /ˈmɜːdɹɪs/, /-ɹəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɝdəɹəs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs, -ɜː(ɹ)dɹɪs
- Homophone: murderous (one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: mur‧der‧ess
Noun[edit]
murderess (plural murderesses, masculine murderer)
- female equivalent of murderer: a woman who commits murder.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:
- `Yet am I very fair, Kallikrates!' `I hate thee, murderess, and I have no wish to see thee.'
Translations[edit]
woman who commits murder
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