bloodthirstern.
/ˈblʌdˌθəːstə/, U.S. /ˈblədˌθərstər/ A person who thirsts for blood; a violent or bloodthirsty person.In quot. 1901 used to anthropomorphize wolves.
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the world > life > death > killing > killer > [noun] > bloodthirsty person
blood-supper?1529
sanguinaryc1540
bloodthirster1560
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries xvii. f. cclj The cruell counselles of bludthirsters [L. sanguinariorum].
1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. ix. sig. P.viiv He demeaned hymselfe wyth great cruelty, and as a bloudthyrster.
a1770 A. Hervey Jrnl. (1953) (modernized text) 241 I..determined..to see if there was not a possibility to help him to escape out of the hands of these blood-thirsters.
1841 R. Cruikshank J. Hatfield & Beauty of Buttermere I. vii. 111 A public spy and blood-thirster can borrow no better guise than that of Religion to mask his real purpose.
1881 Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours 30 245/2 To the majority of spectators he was simply a representative blood-thirster that..brought disturbance and dread into the peaceful community.
1901 W. A. Fraser Outcasts vi. 127 The twisting and doubling, and walking in the water to kill the scent—all in vain. Nothing would turn these blood-thirsters from the trail.
1935 N. Marsh Enter Murderer 218 ‘You got a gun, sir?’ asked Fox. ‘No. I knew you'd have one, you old blood-thirster.’
2007 H. Ellison in O. Penzler Black Lizard Big Bk. of Pulps Introd. 377/1 We're talkin' here..swindlers, bloodthirsters, and backstabbers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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