noun
Meaning 1
Someone who commits a mass murder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
mass murderer
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: murderer, liquidator, manslayer
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 殺戮眾多的人 /杀戮众多的人 (shālù zhòngduō de rén) — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Danish: massemorder — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Estonian: massimõrvar — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Finnish: joukkomurhaaja — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- French: tueur de masse — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- French: meurtrier de masse — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- German: Massenmörder — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- German: Massenmörderin — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Hungarian: tömeggyilkos — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Icelandic: fjöldamorðingi — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Italian: assassino di massa — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Italian: assassino seriale — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Norwegian Bokmål: massemorder — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Norwegian Nynorsk: massemordar — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Polish: masowy morderca — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Polish: masowa morderczyni — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Russian: ма́ссовый уби́йца (mássovyj ubíjca) — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Swedish: massmördare — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer
- Ukrainian: ма́совий вби́вця (másovyj vbývcja) — someone who commits a mass murder — see also serial killer