Killer and Murderess

Killer

Killer noun - A person who kills another person.
Usage example: gunned down by hired killers

Murderess is a synonym for killer in help topic. In some cases you can use "Murderess" instead a noun "Killer".

Nearby Words: kill, killing, killed

Murderess

Murderess noun - A woman murderer.
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Synonyms for Murderess

Killer is a synonym for murderess in help topic. You can use "Killer" instead a noun "Murderess", if it concerns topics such as murderer.

Nearby Words: murder, murderous, murderer

How words are described

mass mass killer mass murderess
actual actual killer actual murderess
violent violent killer violent murderess
dangerous dangerous killer dangerous murderess
Other adjectives: infamous, cold-blooded, ruthless, titular, escaped, sociopathic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Xenoblade Chronicles X Murderess learns that the serial killer who killed her parents on Earth somehow managed to get onto the White Whale, and has killed some of her friends in NLA since then.
  • Body Surf In the J-Horror film Another Heaven, the Body Surfing killer is actually a murderess from the future whose (inadvertent?) time travel turned her into a sapient puddle of water.
    Source: Body Surf
  • Another woman is a husband killer and his true soul mate is not only a dancer-courtesan but a murderess.
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