slayer

English

Alternative forms

slayor (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsleɪə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)

Noun

slayer (plural slayers)

a killer; a murderer; someone who slays

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:killer

Derived terms

Translations

one who slays

Bulgarian: убиец (bg) m (ubiec)
Finnish: surmaaja (fi), tappaja (fi)
French: assassin (fr)
German: Töter m, Abmurkser m
Ingrian: mukistaja, tappaja
Italian: uccisore (it), assassino (it)
Latin: homicīda m, interfector m, interfectrix f, occīsor m
Portuguese: assasino m, assasina f, matador (pt) m, matadora (pt) f, sicário m, sicária f
Russian: уби́йца (ru) m (ubíjca)
Sanskrit: घातक (sa) m (ghātaka)
Spanish: asesino (es) m, asesina (es) f
Swedish: baneman (sv) c

Anagrams

Earlys, Layers, Learys, Raleys, Rayles, Salyer, Sayler, layers, re-lays, relays

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