mid-14c., alteration of murtherer (c. 1300), agent noun from murder (v.); in part from Old French mordrere, from Medieval Latin murdrarius, from Germanic. Old English words for this included moreorcwalu, moreorslaga, moreorwyrhta, literally "murder-wright." The original murderer's row was in New York City's Tombs prison; figurative use in baseball dates to 1858, though the quintessential one was the 1927 New York Yankees. Fem. form murderess attested from late 14c. Murderee (1920) never caught on.
雙語例句
1. Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience.
現(xiàn)在，這個殺人犯背著兩條人命，受到了良心的譴責(zé)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I remembered a particular story about a postman who was a murderer.
我記得有個故事，講的是一個郵遞員殺人的事情。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The convicted murderer and rapist is scheduled to be executed next Friday.