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noun
Idiom1.
a person who commits murder.
2.
murderers' row,
a.
the row of cells in a prison where murderers and other violent or hard-core criminals are held. See also death row.
b.
Baseball. a succession of heavy hitters scheduled to bat one after the other.
c.
any group of notorious or important people: a murderers' row of talent; a murderers' row of philosophers.
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Murderer
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| murder (ˈmɜːdə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | manslaughter Compare homicide the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another |
| 2. | informal something dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant: driving around London is murder |
| 3. | informal cry blue murder to make an outcry |
| 4. | informal get away with murder to escape censure; do as one pleases |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (also intr) to kill (someone) unlawfully with premeditation or during the commission of a crime |
| 6. | to kill brutally |
| 7. | informal to destroy; ruin: he murdered her chances of happiness |
| 8. | informal to defeat completely; beat decisively: the home team murdered their opponents |
| [Old English morthor; related to Old English morth, Old Norse morth, Latin mors death; compare French meurtre] | |
| 'murderer | |
| —n | |
| 'murderess | |
| —fem n | |
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Word Origin & History
murderer
c.1300, agent noun from murder. The original murderer's row was in New York City's Tombs prison; figurative use in baseball dates to 1858, though the quintessential one was the 1927 New York Yankees.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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