murderer

One who commits murder.

A person who commits murder.

Some destructive piece of ordnance. One kind thus named was usually placed, on shipboard, at the bulkheads of the forecastle, half-deck, and steerage, and used to prevent an enemy from boarding. Also murdering-piece.

Synonyms Manslayer, cutthroat, assassin, thug. See kill, transitive verb

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship’s decks of boarders; — called also murdering piece.

A person who commits murder.

a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)