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murderess

[ mur-der-is ]

noun

  1. a woman who commits murder.


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Gender Note

See -ess.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of murderess1

1350–1400; Middle English moerdrice, morderes; murder, -ess
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In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.

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Moore plays Ann Woodward, a possible murderess whose story Capote tells here at a dinner table early in the first episode and which makes up a sizable chunk of “La Côte Basque.”

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As far as Roxie is concerned, murderesses row isn’t much different from tryouts in the sticks.

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This week’s theme is “strong independent females,” featuring a novel about a madwoman and a true-crime account of a mob murderess.

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Other 19th-century abortionist characters proliferated, variously characterized as "murderess," "hag," "she-devil" and "the instrument of the very vilest crime known in the annals of hell."

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