deathmonger

noun

deathmonger

noun

UK /ˈdɛθmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/

Etymology From death + monger.

1

One who peddles death; a murderer of many.

  • So what if arms dealers are money-grabbing deathmongers? This is a revelation?1990, Nat Segaloff, Hurricane Billy: the stormy life and films of William Friedkin:
  • And then there were those who died and were martyred in the struggle to maintain a Jewish lifestyle, murdered at the hands of deathmongers, pillagers […]2002, Reuven P Bulka, Modern folk Judaism: the reality and the challenge:
1 more example
  • Having babies spits in the eye of the Ludendorffs and Kaiser Wilhelms and the Krupps and all the other deathmongers who'd kill the lot of us if they could.2006, John Biggins, The Two-Headed Eagle:
Related terms
arms dealer, merchant of death, warmonger

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