manqueller

English

Alternative forms

• man-queller, man queller

Etymology

From Middle English manquellere, equivalent to man +‎ queller.

Noun

manqueller (plural manquellers)

1. (obsolete) A killer of men; a manslayer; executioner.
2. (obsolete) A murderer.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     Wilt thou kill God's officers and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue! Thou art a honey-seed, a man-queller, and a woman-queller.

   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:

     you must vnderstand , that this was not Kayne the manqueller , but one of a gentler spirit , and milder sex

Related terms

• woman-queller

References

“manqueller”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.