manqueller

English

Alternative forms

man-queller, man queller

Etymology

From Middle English manquellere, equivalent to man +‎ queller.

Noun

manqueller (plural manquellers)

(obsolete) A killer of men; a manslayer; executioner.
(obsolete) A murderer.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
  Wilt thou kill God's officers and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue! Thou art a honey-seed, a man-queller, and a woman-queller.
- 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, OCLC 752813518:
  
  you must vnderstand , that this was not Kayne the manqueller , but one of a gentler spirit , and milder sex

Related terms

woman-queller

References

manqueller in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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