mankiller

noun

mankiller

noun

Etymology From Middle English man-killer, equivalent to man + killer.

1

One who kills a human being.

Hence we may account not only for the grasshopper war of the Indians, but for the grasshopper duels among our midshipmen, military officers, members of Congress, and others who have been educated for mankillers.1827, Noah Worcester, The Friend of Peace, volume 4, page 364:

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