ˈmanslaughterer
[In sense a, f. man n.1 + slaughterer; in sense b, f. manslaughter n. + -er.]
a. One who slaughters men. b. One who commits manslaughter (sense 2).
| 1848 Buckley Iliad 93 Mars, man-slaughterer. 1885 A. Edwardes Girton Girl I. iii. 71 As a physician, I consider him a manslaughterer. 1912 E. A. Parry What Judge Saw xvii. 297, I regarded the doctor as a manslaughterer at the time. 1965 Lancet 20 Nov. 1070/2 With cyclists, children, and old people safely tucked in bed, I do not have to feel a potential manslaughterer just because I sit behind the steering-wheel. |