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lifetaker

n. A murderer; an assassin.

Usage examples of "lifetaker".

Giver of all life, the sun was now taking life away, the lifetaker, the carcinogenic sun.

They included Chodo Contague (who never leaves his estate) and his top two lifetakers, Morley, a man I didn't know who was obviously oaf the Hill, several species of priest old enough to have gray hair or no hair, and—wonder of all wonders—that character Sampson who'd been Pendent's assistant.

They included Chodo Contague (who never leaves his estate) and his top two lifetakers, Morley, a man I didn’t know who was obviously off the Hill, several species of priest old enough to have gray hair or no hair, and—wonder of all wonders—that character Sampson who’d been Peridont’s assistant.