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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare, mostly in fantasy fiction) One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide..
Associated by the poet with Cain, primordial kinslayer and therefore symbol of elemental social disunity, he stalks abroad, ravaging only by night...
I would not invoke the curse of a kinslayer.
Use kinslayer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kinslayer means (rare, mostly in fantasy fiction) One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide..
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Associated by the poet with Cain, primordial kinslayer and therefore symbol of elemental social disunity, he stalks abroad, ravaging only by night...
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