English
Etymology
From Middle English slear, sleere, sleare, slaare, dissimilated from Old English slaga (“slayer”), equivalent to slay + -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsleɪə/
- Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ)
Noun
slayer (plural slayers)
- A killer; a murderer; someone who slays.
- (uncommon) A butcher.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
- Bulgarian: убиец (bg) m (ubiec)
- Finnish: surmaaja (fi), tappaja (fi)
- French: assassin (fr)
- German: Töter m, Abmurkser m
- Ingrian: mukistaja, tappaja
- Italian: uccisore (it), assassino (it)
- Latin: homicīda m, interfector m, interfectrix f, occīsor m
- Portuguese: assasino m, assasina f, matador (pt) m, matadora (pt) f, sicário m, sicária f
- Russian: уби́йца (ru) m (ubíjca)
- Sanskrit: घातक (sa) m (ghātaka)
- Spanish: asesino (es) m, asesina (es) f
- Swedish: baneman (sv) c
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Anagrams
- sayler, lasery, relays, Sayler, reslay, Salyer, Rayles, Earlys, Learys, layers, Layers, Raleys, re-lays