manqueller

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English manquellere, equivalent to man +‎ queller.

Noun[edit]

manqueller (plural manquellers)

  1. (obsolete) A killer of men; a manslayer; executioner.
  2. (obsolete) A murderer.
    • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
      Wilt thou kill God's officers and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue! Thou art a honey-seed, a man-queller, and a woman-queller.
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
      you must vnderstand , that this was not Kayne the manqueller , but one of a gentler spirit , and milder sex

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References[edit]

“manqueller”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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