manslayer
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I have been with tribes whom only fear or imminent starvation could drive to attack the lion; and I have seen the naked warriors of the Nandi kill the great, maned manslayer with their spears.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
If a manslayer does not believe that the next of kin is on his track, he will not flee to the City of Refuge.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
The temporary restrictions laid on a manslayer were probably dictated by a fear of his victim's ghost.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Sir James George Frazer
Far, far more so than the manslayer had of old in his.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by John R. (John Ross) Macduff
In this case a special hut was not built for the manslayer, and he was allowed to pass the nights in the temple of the war god.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Sir James George Frazer
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