Surely no woman as beautiful as Mary Cavendish could be a murderess.
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Murderess
//mɜːdəˈɹɛs//
Synonyms for "murderess" (1 found)
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31 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- vrasëse noun (woman who commits murder)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φονεύτρια noun (woman who commits murder)
Arabic
1 entries- قَاتِلَة noun (woman who commits murder)
Bulgarian
1 entries- уби́йца noun (woman who commits murder)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 女殺手 /女杀手 noun (woman who commits murder)
Czech
1 entries- vražedkyně noun (woman who commits murder)
Danish
1 entries- morderske noun (woman who commits murder)
Dutch
2 entries- moordenaarster noun (woman who commits murder)
- moordenares noun (woman who commits murder)
Esperanto
1 entries- murdintino noun (woman who commits murder)
French
1 entries- meurtrière noun (woman who commits murder)
German
1 entries- Mörderin noun (woman who commits murder)
Greek
2 entries- δολοφόνισσα noun (woman who commits murder)
- φόνισσα noun (woman who commits murder)
Hebrew
1 entries- רוצחת \ רוֹצַחַת noun (woman who commits murder)
Italian
2 entries- assassina noun (woman who commits murder)
- omicida noun (woman who commits murder)
Latin
2 entries- interfectrīx noun (woman who commits murder)
- necatrix noun (woman who commits murder)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- morderske noun (woman who commits murder)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- morderske noun (woman who commits murder)
Polish
2 entries- morderczyni noun (woman who commits murder)
- zabójczyni noun (woman who commits murder)
Portuguese
1 entries- assassina noun (woman who commits murder)
Russian
2 entries- же́нщина-уби́йца noun (woman who commits murder)
- уби́йца noun (woman who commits murder)
Slovak
1 entries- vrahyňa noun (woman who commits murder)
Spanish
1 entries- asesina noun (woman who commits murder)
Swedish
1 entries- mörderska noun (woman who commits murder)
Telugu
2 entries- ఘాతిని noun (woman who commits murder)
- హంతకురాలు noun (woman who commits murder)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
‘[…] Yet am I very fair, Kallikrates!’ / ‘I hate thee, murdress, and I have no wish to see thee.[…]’
Source: wiktionary
“All the murderesses I met in prison”, she [Kathryn George-Harries] says lightly, “had committed their crimes in domestic arguments. They chose the gun. I chose to go for the Meissen. Nobody’s worth doing life for.”
Source: wiktionary
M.T. maintains the primary suspect is Stefanie's boyfriend, the couple recently breaking up. Despite other Facebook and MSN messages indicating M.T. had talked with at least three friends about wanting Stefanie dead, she doesn't seem to think suspicion will fall on her as a murderess-once-removed.
Source: wiktionary
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