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单词 murdermonger
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murdermongern.

Brit. /ˈməːdəˌmʌŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈmərdərˌmɑŋɡər/, /ˈmərdərˌməŋɡər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: murder n.1, monger n.1
Etymology: < murder n.1 + monger n.1
1. A writer or purveyor of murder stories. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > writers of other types of material
metaphrast1610
lasher1611
pastoralist1619
amorist1642
travel writer1711
party writer1715
Poor Richard1757
murdermonger1785
manners-painter1807
institutionalist1817
paroemiographer1823
nautical1831
nonsense-writera1835
recaster1841
serialist1845
snobographer1848
librettist1862
palindromist1872
fragmentist1874
text-man1900
scriptwriter1911
paradoxographer1917
absurdist1929
blogger1999
weblogger1999
1785 R. Cumberland Nat. Son iii. 42 I..turn'd murder-monger to a morning paper... And what's murder-monger, I would fain ask? Casualty-compiler, an' please you, inventer of murders to amuse our customers.
a1889 in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1889) I. 139/1 The only one who is annoyed is our own special murder-monger, who has got several blood-curdlers of English extraction up his sleeve.
2. A person who commits or incites murder; a professional murderer.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin
banea800
murthereOE
quellerOE
manslaughta1225
manquellec1275
murderer1340
Cainc1380
drepera1400
sicariana1400
murder mana1450
interfector1450
murdrier1481
murdresara1500
assassin1531
cut-throat1535
cutter1569
baner1605
brave1606
bravo1609
dagger-mana1616
assassinate1621
assassinator1651
sword-taker1660
assassinant1662
banesman1870
hatchet man1876
murdermonger1900
hit-man1970
mechanic1972
contract killer1980
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > crime or detective novel > writer of
murder man1890
detectivist1892
murdermonger1900
crime writer1914
detective novelist1926
murdermongeress1957
1900 M. Hewlett Life & Death Richard Yea-and-Nay ii. vi. 299 She knew something of the Marquess, her cousin. Any ally of his must be a murdermonger.
1909 W. S. Gilbert Fallen Fairies I. 190 The demon deeds Of all the goblin murder-mongers that Infest that sink of seething infamy!
1993 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 30 Nov. 9 c What if those law-abiding folks no longer had handguns? It would be harder for the murdermongers to get their hands on the weapons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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