manslaught

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manslaught

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From Middle English manslagt, manslaȝt, from Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), equivalent to man + slaught. Cognate with Middle Low German manslacht, Middle High German manslaht, Danish mandslæt.

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obsolete, uncountable Manslaughter.

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@misc{manslaught_2026,
  title = {manslaught},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/manslaught},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}