Kinslayer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kinslayer is a noun meaning (rare, mostly in fantasy fiction) One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.
Meaning
(rare, mostly in fantasy fiction) One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.
Example Sentences
I would not invoke the curse of a kinslayer.
Associated by the poet with Cain, primordial kinslayer and therefore symbol of elemental social disunity, he stalks abroad, ravaging only by night.
Word Forms
- kinslayers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parenticide, prolicide, infanticider, alienator, tyrannicide, infanticide.
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