Hypertext Webster Gateway: "manslayer"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Manslayer
one who was guilty of accidental homicide, and was entitled to
flee to a city of refuge (Num. 35:6, 12, 22, 23), his compulsory
residence in which terminated with the death of the high priest.
(See CITY OF {REFUGE}.)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Manslayer \Man"slay`er\, n.
One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

manslayer
n : a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful
premeditated killing of another human being) [syn: {murderer},
{liquidator}]


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