as in murderer
a person who kills another person
Cain has the distinction of being the Bible's first and most infamous manslayer
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The masked murderer attempted to kill Sidney (Neve Campbell) in a bathroom in the original 1996 Scream, and succeeded in offing Phil (Omar Epps) in a movie theater bathroom stall in the 1997 sequel.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026 -
In many cases, drug lords, murderers all over our country.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Statham stars as a retired assassin living off the coast of Scotland who has to get back to work while trying to stop the agency that used to pay him and protecting a young girl named Jessie (Bodhi Rae Breathnach).—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2026
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Watching General Pinochet’s man on the spot, the American assassin Michael Vernon Townley, murder some of Chile’s finest leaders shows that the allure of espionage was largely a fiction, a cinematic fabrication.—
Alfred McCoy,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Manslayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manslayer. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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