murderess

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Faring on and hiding, hiding and faring on, the poor harmless creature, as though she were a Murderess and the whole country were up after her, wore out the day, and gained the night.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

Madam, I own, though with a Blush I do so, I've felt the Power of two fair Eyes; And I have Wounds that yet would bleed afresh, Should but the cruel Murderess appear.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague

Even Fortune leads to this: Harsh or kind, at last she is Murderess of all ecstasies.

From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter

Whether Mr. Murderer and Mrs. Murderess Manning were not both unusually stout people?

From The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie