Bible Dictionaries
Murderer

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; - called also murdering piece.

(2):

(n.) One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Murderer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/murderer.html. 1828.