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murther

[ mur-ther ]

noun

, Obsolete.


murther

/ ˈmɜːðə /

noun

  1. an archaic word for murder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmurtherer, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of murther1

before 900; Middle English morther, Old English morthor; cognate with Gothic maurthr. See mortal
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Example Sentences

Yure a big scoundrel, but Oi don't loike ter think any felly's villain enough to do murther.

He rushed to the arms of the old woman for protection, and screeched small, while the widow shouted "millia murther!"

Why, murther alive, Mollshee, you don't tell me that it's the lump she uses?

Intends thou and that knave me in my house to murther?Gammer.

Being required what was his part or knowledge in the King's murther, he answered with this attestation.

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