banesmann.
/ˈbeɪnzmən/ pseudo-archaic.
A murderer.
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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
1870 E. Magnússon & W. Morris tr. Völsunga Saga ii. 3 He had slain all his father's banesmen.
1926 Trans. Scott. Ecclesiol. Soc. 74 He prayed, not only for himself and his friends, but still more for ‘his foes and banemen’.
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