Murderess

/mɜːdəˈɹɛs/

Synonyms for "murderess" (5 found)

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Noun(1 words)
female killer

Strong matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
feminine agent nounkiller

Related words (2)

Noun(2 words)

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first degree murderermass murdererserial killer

Collocations

6 entries
female murderesshistorical murderessmurderess casemurderess motivemurderess trialnotorious murderess

Inflections

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Derivations

2 entries
female murderermurderous

Sample sentences

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Surely no woman as beautiful as Mary Cavendish could be a murderess.

Source: tatoeba (8855601)

‘[…] 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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