manslayer
Example Sentences
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Then said Amis: “Never shall it be that my fellow be a manslayer for the healing of me.”
From Old French Romances by Morris, William
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 Frazer, James George, Sir
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 Roosevelt, Theodore
He made the way as plain as possiblePg 70 to the manslayer of old.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
The nearest city could always be reached by the manslayer in half a day.
From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)