murderer B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ UK /ˈmɜːdəɹə/ See IPA manual Freq #1895 Meanings 1 noun A person who kills another person on purpose. The police finally caught the murderer after years of searching. Thesaurus Word family Forms murderers Common collocations mass murderer Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er. murderere Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # murderer **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɜːdəɹə/ **Frequency rank:** 1895 ## Meanings 1. A person who kills another person on purpose. ## Examples - The police finally caught the murderer after years of searching. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: murderere ## Etymology From Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er. ## AI Etymology Murderer comes from Middle English murderere; equivalent to murder + -er. In present-day English it covers a person who kills another person on purpose. ## Topics - People & Society markdown