"murderhobo" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-murderhobo.wav Forms: murderhobos [plural], murderhoboes [plural]
Etymology: From 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, Video games
    Sense id: en-murderhobo-en-noun-Czc2Njyt Disambiguation of Board games: 67 33 Disambiguation of Dungeons & Dragons: 60 40 Disambiguation of Video games: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: murder hobo, murder-hobo

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-murderhobo.wav Forms: murderhobos [present, singular, third-person], murderhoboing [participle, present], murderhoboed [participle, past], murderhoboed [past]
Etymology: From 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 Related terms: hack-and-slash
    Sense id: en-murderhobo-en-verb-hqQ8q~EK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: murder hobo, murder-hobo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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