"murderhobo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: murderhobos [plural], murderhoboes [plural]
Etymology: murder + hobo Etymology templates: {{compound|en|murder|hobo}} murder + hobo Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} murderhobo (plural murderhobos or murderhoboes)
  1. (roleplaying games, derogatory or humorous) A character who wanders the gameworld, unattached to any community, indiscriminately killing and looting. Tags: derogatory, humorous Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Board games, Dungeons & Dragons
    Sense id: en-murderhobo-en-noun-Czc2Njyt Disambiguation of Board games: 58 42 Disambiguation of Dungeons & Dragons: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: murder hobo, murder-hobo

Verb [English]

Forms: murderhobos [present, singular, third-person], murderhoboing [participle, present], murderhoboed [participle, past], murderhoboed [past]
Etymology: murder + hobo Etymology templates: {{compound|en|murder|hobo}} murder + hobo Head templates: {{en-verb}} murderhobo (third-person singular simple present murderhobos, present participle murderhoboing, simple past and past participle murderhoboed)
  1. (roleplaying games, derogatory slang, intransitive) To act like a murderhobo: to wander a gameworld indiscriminately killing and looting. Tags: derogatory, intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Dungeons & Dragons Related terms: hack-and-slash
    Sense id: en-murderhobo-en-verb-hqQ8q~EK Disambiguation of Dungeons & Dragons: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: murder hobo, murder-hobo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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