serial killern.

Brit.

/ˈsɪərɪəl ˌkɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪriəl ˌkɪlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: serial adj., killer n.

Etymology: < serial adj. + killer n. Compare earlier serial murderer n. at serial adj. and n. Compounds 1.

A person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic behaviour pattern. Cf. spree killer n. at spree n. Additions.

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the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of

assassin1340

Old Man of the Mountain1579

fedai1723

thug1810

nasty man1863

Jack the Ripper1888

ripper1909

trunk murderer1925

sex killer1935

mass-murderer1943

serial murderer1947

psycho-killer1949

serial killer1967

spree killer1983

1967 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 30 May 12/4 There is the mass murderer, or what he [sc. John Brophy] calls the ‘serial’ killer, who may be actuated by greed,..like the Medicis of Renaissance Italy, or Landru, the ‘bluebeard’ of the World War I period, who murdered numerous wives after obtaining their money.

1975 G. Lambert Dangerous Edge vii. 238 These two movies reach moments of genuine intensity, the angry crowd almost lynching the man it suspects of being a serial killer.

1981 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 May 66/1 Some Atlantans fear racial violence if a ‘serial’ killer is discovered to be white.

1989 Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Dec. a 19/1 Fears that a serial killer may be preying on the city's prostitutes haven't kept them from working the territory once frequented by many of the 13 women who have died or disappeared since March 1988.

1994 Time 4 Apr. 66/1 Birnes and Norris have divided the serial-killer life into seven phases of activity, a repeating cycle that begins with desire and ends with morose feelings—aura, trolling, wooing, capture, murder, totem and depression.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Mar. c6/5 A serial killer who marks the killings with the pentagram known as the devil's star.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	serial killer
释义	serial killern. Brit. /ˈsɪərɪəl ˌkɪlə/, U.S. /ˈsɪriəl ˌkɪlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: serial adj., killer n. Etymology: < serial adj. + killer n. Compare earlier serial murderer n. at serial adj. and n. Compounds 1. A person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic behaviour pattern. Cf. spree killer n. at spree n. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of assassin1340 Old Man of the Mountain1579 fedai1723 thug1810 nasty man1863 Jack the Ripper1888 ripper1909 trunk murderer1925 sex killer1935 mass-murderer1943 serial murderer1947 psycho-killer1949 serial killer1967 spree killer1983 1967 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 30 May 12/4 There is the mass murderer, or what he [sc. John Brophy] calls the ‘serial’ killer, who may be actuated by greed,..like the Medicis of Renaissance Italy, or Landru, the ‘bluebeard’ of the World War I period, who murdered numerous wives after obtaining their money. 1975 G. Lambert Dangerous Edge vii. 238 These two movies reach moments of genuine intensity, the angry crowd almost lynching the man it suspects of being a serial killer. 1981 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 May 66/1 Some Atlantans fear racial violence if a ‘serial’ killer is discovered to be white. 1989 Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Dec. a 19/1 Fears that a serial killer may be preying on the city's prostitutes haven't kept them from working the territory once frequented by many of the 13 women who have died or disappeared since March 1988. 1994 Time 4 Apr. 66/1 Birnes and Norris have divided the serial-killer life into seven phases of activity, a repeating cycle that begins with desire and ends with morose feelings—aura, trolling, wooing, capture, murder, totem and depression. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Mar. c6/5 A serial killer who marks the killings with the pentagram known as the devil's star. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1967
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