slayer

English

Alternative forms

• slayor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪə/
• Rhymes: -eɪə(r)

Noun

slayer (plural slayers)

1. a killer; a murderer; someone who slays

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:killer

Derived terms

• brother-slayer
• father-slayer
• manslayer

Translations

one who slays

• Finnish: surmaaja (fi), tappaja (fi)
• German: Töter m, Abmurkser m
• Latin: homicīda m, interfector m, interfectrix f, occīsor m
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• Spanish: asesino (es) m, asesina (es) f
• Portuguese: assasino m, assasina f, matador (pt) m, matadora (pt) f, sicário m, sicária f
• Swedish: baneman (sv) c

Anagrams

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