A man-slayer. Also figurative: a person who destroys the soul.

A murderer, a manslaughterer. Also figurative. Now rare (archaic).

A person who kills human beings; a murderer; (occasionally) a person who commits manslaughter (now archaic). In quot. 1998 at sense in extended…

One who kills a human being; in earlier use often = murderer.

A killer of humans (occasionally, of men); a murderer, an assassin. Cf. manqueller, n. 1.

one guilty of manslaughter.

a man-slayer; also adj. man-slaying.

A slaughterer of human beings.