The meaning of MURDERER is one who murders; especially : one who commits the crime of murder.

Get a quick, free translation! MURDERER definition: 1. someone who illegally and intentionally kills another person: 2. someone who illegally and…. Learn more.

MURDERER definition: a person who commits murder. See examples of murderer used in a sentence.

Definition of murderer noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A murderer is a person who has murdered someone. One of these men may have been the murderer. ...a notorious mass murderer.

1. (an act of) killing a person on purpose and illegally.

5 days ago · It was two o'clock when she came to herself and called for the police. The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled.

Killing out of anger or for money or revenge is murder, and anyone who does it is a murderer. Charles Manson is in jail for being a murderer. The Old English root of murderer is morðor, "unlawful killing."

A person who commits or has committed murder. That murderer confessed to the authorities. Rhyn was a mass murderer, a creature who had tried to wipe out the human race.

Collocations: a [convicted, serial, mass, multiple, cold-blooded] murderer, a murderer of [children, the young, innocents], the murderer of an innocent [bystander, child], more...