Killeress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Killeress is a noun meaning a female killer.
Meaning
a female killer.
Example Sentences
To begin with, was the Borden double-killer a killer or a killeress — a hatchet-man or a hatchet-woman?
“It turned up callously at the Lyceum last evening with Richard Barthelmess as the snide killer and Mary Phillips as the killeress." he wrote.
Get out of the way of the killeress." And she, worse than ever leper before, was in solitude in the midst of life. She lived anyhow, slept anywhere, and was never greeted by sign or voice.
Word Forms
- killeresses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thiefess, keeperess, revengeress, villageress, criminaless, slaughteress.
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