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Meanings of slayer in English

Portuguese
assassino
Catalan
assassí
Spanish
asesino

Someone who causes the death of a person or animal.

assassino
Synonyms
Examples for "killer"
Examples for "killer"
1
None had used the classic 'serial killer' soubriquets of 'quiet' or 'withdrawn'.
The last 10 seconds
2
One thing they were both sure about: the video-killer wasn't working alone.
Watch them die
3
She was good last start but just lacked that killer edge late.
News.com.au
4
Police believe the killer used his fists and hands to strangle her.
News.com.au
5
Denying one's killer everything; even the least satisfaction of a professional challenge.
Return of the Crimson Guard
Usage of slayer in English
1
A slayer?' There hadn't been a successful human slayer since... ever, really.
Blood Rights
2
Aunt Evie was the most powerful slayer in the last thousand years.
The accidental demon slayer
3
With this rod in his hand flew the strong slayer of Argos.
The Odyssey of Homer
4
Let all those who served the brother-slayer bear him company in death.
The Path to Honour
5
Then all the host started to pursue the slayer of their master.
History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan / A Gramm...
6
All these years I have been the slave of my mother's slayer.
The silver chair
7
Your honour, here is the name of the slayer of Erris Boyne.
No Defense, Volume 3.
8
Analogy tells us, by the methods of the present slayer of Tarantulae.
Bramble-Bees and Others
9
The trail of the slayer was fresh, even over such broken ground.
Bruce
10
He was, in fact, a slayer of beasts- aforemanat the slaughter-house
The Slave of the Lamp
11
Thou, O slayer of foes, art the Creator of all the worlds.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
12
You didn't even know you were a slayer when I found you.
The accidental demon slayer
13
So spake he, nor heedless was the messenger, the slayer of Argos.
The Odyssey of Homer
14
The slayer of a hydra is discovered by trying on a shoe.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16
15
Thou createst the Earth, the Welkin, and Heaven, O slayer of Madhu.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
16
By such acts, O slayer of Madhu, the Rishis also are gratified.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
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Translations for slayer
Spanish
asesino
Slayer through the time
Slayer across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common