"slayer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsleɪə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slayer.wav Forms: slayers [plural], slayor [alternative, archaic]
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. 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)
    Sense id: en-slayer-en-noun-jvJO-7jk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Murder Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Murder: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'one who slays': 79 21
  2. (uncommon) A butcher. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-slayer-en-noun-dqJHzVtQ Categories (other): Murder Disambiguation of Murder: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brother-slayer, dragonslayer, father-slayer, manslayer, self-slayer, slayer rule, slayer statute

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who slays",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asesino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who slays",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asesina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who slays",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "baneman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slayer"
}

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