murderer

«murderer» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who kills another person on purpose, against the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a murderer, murderers)

meaning for a pupil

A person who kills another person on purpose, against the law. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in news, law, history and crime stories and mysteries ("Who is the murderer?"). In law a murderer is a person convicted of murder, which is a very serious crime punished with long prison sentences. Phrases: "convicted murderer", "mass murderer".

examples

• The detective finally worked out who the murderer was. tree →
• The murderer was sent to prison for life. tree →
• In the mystery book, the murderer was the gardener. tree →
• Police are still searching for the murderer. tree →
• Macbeth becomes a murderer because he wants to be king. tree →
• Calling someone a murderer without proof is very serious. tree →
• Killing in an accident does not make you a murderer. tree →
• Who is there to tell that I am the murderer? tree →

note

Countable. Verb and noun "murder"; "murderous" (adjective). An old word for a woman murderer is "murderess". Note: killing by accident is not murder; in law it may be "manslaughter". A person is not called a murderer by the court until found guilty.

In the corpora

• The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
• She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
• The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «murderer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.