murderee

murderee

...and so the problem becomes how to salvage the murderer, since the murderee is beyond recall.


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  • murderee — noun Date: 1920 an actual or potential victim of a murder …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • murderee — /merr deuh ree /, n. a murderer s victim or intended victim. [1915 20; MURDER + EE] * * * …   Universalium

  • murderee — n. one who is murdered …   English contemporary dictionary

  • murderee — mur·der·ee …   English syllables

  • murderee — mur•der•ee [[t]ˌmɜr dəˈri[/t]] n. law a murderer s victim • Etymology: 1915–20 …   From formal English to slang

  • murderee — noun a victim who is murdered • Hypernyms: ↑victim …   Useful english dictionary

  • London Fields (novel) — For the area of London, see London Fields. London Fields   …   Wikipedia

  • murderer — (n.) mid 14c., alteration of murtherer (c.1300), agent noun from MURDER (Cf. murder) (v.); in part from O.Fr. mordrere, from M.L. murdrarius, from Germanic. Old English words for this included morðorcwalu, morðorslaga, morðorwyrhta, lit. murder… …   Etymology dictionary

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