Definition of murther in English:
murther
noun & verbˈməːðəˈmərT͟Hər
archaic spelling of murder
Example sentencesExamples
- I appeal to every reader of feeling and sentiment whether the fictitious murther of Duncan by Macbeth in Shakespeare does not excite in him as great a horror of villainy, as the real one of Henry IV by Ravaillac as related by Davila?
- Formerly, for example, there was variation between d and th: father and mother were until the 16c written fader and moder; burden and murder were until the 19c written burthen and murther.
- This convinced D' Ewes that ‘all impartiall judgements [had] just ground to conclude it to be the finger of God himselfe, in punishing the mercilesse murthers of his dear Saints.’