meurtrier

Definitions of meurtrier
  1. noun
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    synonyms: assassin
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    assassin
    a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
    boucher
    a brutal indiscriminate murderer
    assassin
    someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
    assassin
    a woman murderer
    type of:
    contrevenant, contrevenante, criminel, malfaiteur
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    assassin, tueur
    someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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