blood avenger

English

Alternative forms

  • blood-avenger
  • avenger of blood

Etymology

Eventually probably after Biblical Hebrew גֹּאֵל דָם (gōʾēl dām).

Noun

blood avenger (plural blood avengers)

  1. one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud
  • blood vengeance

Translations

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