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English Dictionary: manslayer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
manslayer
n
  1. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    Synonym(s): murderer, liquidator, manslayer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manslayer \Man"slay`er\, n.
      One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

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}.)
     
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