Crossword clues for manslayer
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manslayer \Man"slay`er\, n. One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
Wiktionary
n. Someone who commits manslaughter
WordNet
n. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) [syn: murderer, liquidator]
Usage examples of "manslayer".
To-morrow I will take you to Shamrock Jolnes-- I will unmask him before you and prove to you that it is not an impossibility for an officer of the law and a manslayer to stand face to face in your city.
Hitherto you have been famous for your deeds, but henceforth you shall be a manslayer and an outlaw, and most of your deeds will turn to your own hurt and misfortune.
Why not a quick draw, a snap shot, and then the glory of having killed this manslayer in single battle for Joe Rix?
His face was no more than a shadow, but Ben knew that the manslayer was watching him and waiting.
Hither the manslayer, the man who had broken a tabu, or failed in the observance of its rigid requirements, the thief, and even the murderer, fled from his incensed pursuers, and was secure.
Perhaps it was that he really knew he was the greatest manslayer who ever lived, and even so could not face commanding total extinction, including that of the seaborne leaven.
Hebrew Prophets, in his terrible denunciations of the heartless manslayer, and the shameless, boastful profligate.
Every year the roads leading to them were examined, to see that they were in good condition, and that there was nothing in the way to stop the manslayer as he was running from his pursuer.
And therefore men shall now say that thou art a manslayer, both of thy brother, Sir Lionel, and of thy cousin, Sir Launcelot du Lake, the which thou mightest have saved and rescued easily, but thou weenedst to rescue a maid which pertaineth nothing to thee.