Etymology Likely a corruption of English/French massacre, possibly from the Missouri French dialect. Originated in the Ozark Mountains; date unknown.
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Alternative, Dialectal Alternative form of massacre.
For several years after they ravaged many places with fire and sword, committing many horrible barbarities, as their; countrymen settled here, joined them on all occasions, till Æthelred ordered a general massacree of them, which was executed November 13, 1002, which was severely revenged afterwards;1810, Philip Morant, The History and Antiquities of the Borough of Colchester in the County of Essex, page 32:
The Fourth of July, by the way, also offers tempting possibilities for a massacree. I know a man in Rhode Island whose father used to go out and shoot a deer every time the date came around, on the safe assumption that the game warden would think the shot part of the celebration.1952, Abbott Joseph Liebling, Chicago, the second city, page 136:
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Four years before his death on the Washita, Cheyenne chief Black Kettle had survived the infamous massacree at Sand Creek, Colorado Territory. Colonel J. M. Chivington, a former Methodist minister and commander of the Military District of Colorado, led the attack on November 30, 1864.2007, Ralph Compton, The Dodge City Trail: The Trail Drive:
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Dialectal A bizarre and improbable sequence of events creating great confusion and fuss.
massacree
noun
Etymology From massacre + -ee.
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One who has been killed in a massacre.
Suffice it to say, that no very pleasant feelings existed (as indeed may easily be believed) between the families of the massacrors, and the massacrees.1851 June, “Gleanings after the Spanish Arabs”, in University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, volume 37, number 222, page 776:
The battle scene with himself in the role of massacree was not overly inviting.1921, Octavus Roy Cohen, Highly Colored, page 269:
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In the prologue to Black Lamb, West wrote of foreign travellers 'who return with a pet Balkan people established in their hearts as suffering and innocent, eternally the massacree and never the massacrer', adding: ...2014, Marcus Tanner, Albania's Mountain Queen: Edith Durham and the Balkans, page 236: