"manquellere" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /manˈkwɛlər(ə)/, /mɔnˈkwɛlər(ə)/ [West-Midlands]
Etymology: From man (“man, person”) + quellere (“killer”). Etymology templates: {{af|enm|man|quellere|id1=man|t1=man, person|t2=killer}} man (“man, person”) + quellere (“killer”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} manquellere, {{enm-noun|manquelleres}} manquellere (plural manquelleres) Forms: manquelleres [plural], manne qwellare [alternative], manquellar [alternative], manquellare [alternative], man-queller [alternative], man-quellere [alternative], man quellere [alternative], man-qweller [alternative], manqwhellere [alternative], manwheller [alternative], man-wheller [alternative], menquellere [alternative], mon-queller [alternative, West-Midlands], monquellere [alternative, West-Midlands]
  1. One entrusted with the duty of execution; a hangman.
    Sense id: en-manquellere-enm-noun-UvFbmp6i Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 45 23 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 22 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 20 30
  2. A killer or murderer; one who illegally kills.
    Sense id: en-manquellere-enm-noun-R5M~B19W
  3. (Christianity, figurative) One who leads others towards eternal damnation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-manquellere-enm-noun-b2O2lASr Categories (other): Christianity, People Disambiguation of People: 0 41 59 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Crime, Death Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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