"slayer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsleɪə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slayer.wav Forms: slayers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slear}} Middle English slear, {{der|en|ang|slaga|t=slayer}} Old English slaga (“slayer”), {{af|en|slay|-er|id2=agent noun}} slay + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} slayer (plural slayers)
  1. a killer; a murderer; someone who slays Categories (topical): Murder Synonyms: slayor [archaic] Derived forms: brother-slayer, dragonslayer, father-slayer, manslayer, self-slayer, slayer rule, slayer statute Translations (one who slays): убиец (ubiec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), surmaaja (Finnish), tappaja (Finnish), assassin (French), Töter [masculine] (German), Abmurkser [masculine] (German), mukistaja (Ingrian), tappaja (Ingrian), uccisore (Italian), assassino (Italian), homicīda [masculine] (Latin), interfector [masculine] (Latin), interfectrix [feminine] (Latin), occīsor [masculine] (Latin), assasino [masculine] (Portuguese), assasina [feminine] (Portuguese), matador [masculine] (Portuguese), matadora [feminine] (Portuguese), sicário [masculine] (Portuguese), sicária [feminine] (Portuguese), уби́йца (ubíjca) [masculine] (Russian), घातक (ghātaka) [masculine] (Sanskrit), asesino [masculine] (Spanish), asesina [feminine] (Spanish), baneman [common-gender] (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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