murderess
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murderess
- /mɜːdəˈɹɛs/ UK
- /ˈmɜːdəɹɪs/ UK
- /ˈmɜːdɹɪs/ UK
- /-ɹəs/ UK
- /ˈmɝdəɹəs/ US
Sounds like murderous (one pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɛs, -ɜː(ɹ)dɹɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English morderes, from Old French morderesse, moeurdrese; equivalent to murder + -ess.
noun murderesses · murdress
- Female equivalent of murderer: a woman who commits murder. ‘[…] Yet am I very fair, Kallikrates!’ / ‘I hate thee, murdress, and I have no wish to see thee.[…]’
Translations
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noun woman who commits murder
| Español | asesina |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 女殺手 /女杀手 nǚshāshǒu |
| Português | assassina |
| Français | meurtrière |
| Deutsch | Mörderin |
| Italiano | assassina, omicida |
| Ελληνικά | φόνισσα fónissa, δολοφόνισσα dolofónissa |
| Русский | уби́йца ubíjca, же́нщина-уби́йца žénščina-ubíjca |
| العربية | قَاتِلَة qātila |
| עברית | רוֹצַחַת rotsákhat |
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title = {murderess},
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