noun
Meaning 1
A person who poisons something or someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
poisoner
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noun
Meaning 2
A cook working in the outback.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, humorous, informal
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noun
Meaning 3
someone who kills with poison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: killer, slayer
History
Etymology
From Middle English poysener; equivalent to poison + -er.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: атруча́льнік (atručálʹnik) — person who poisons something or someone
- Belarusian: атруча́льніца (atručálʹnica) — person who poisons something or someone
- Belarusian: зяле́йнік (zjaljéjnik) — person who poisons something or someone
- Belarusian: зяле́йніца (zjaljéjnica) — person who poisons something or someone
- Bulgarian: отрови́тел (otrovítel) — person who poisons something or someone
- Bulgarian: отрови́телка (otrovítelka) — person who poisons something or someone
- Dutch: gifmenger — person who poisons something or someone
- Finnish: myrkyttäjä — person who poisons something or someone
- French: empoisonneur — person who poisons something or someone
- French: empoisonneuse — person who poisons something or someone
- German: Giftmischer — person who poisons something or someone
- German: Giftmischerin — person who poisons something or someone
- German: Giftmörder — person who poisons something or someone
- German: Giftmörderin — person who poisons something or someone
- Indonesian: peracun — person who poisons something or someone
- Irish: nimhitheoir — person who poisons something or someone
- Latin: venēnārius — person who poisons something or someone
- Latin: venēficus — person who poisons something or someone
- Latin: venēfica — person who poisons something or someone
- Norman: empouaîsonneux — person who poisons something or someone
- Polish: truciciel — person who poisons something or someone
- Polish: trucicielka — person who poisons something or someone
- Russian: отрави́тель (otravítelʹ) — person who poisons something or someone
- Russian: отрави́тельница (otravítelʹnica) — person who poisons something or someone
- Serbo-Croatian: trovač — person who poisons something or someone
- Serbo-Croatian: trovačica — person who poisons something or someone
- Spanish: envenenador — person who poisons something or someone
- Spanish: envenenadora — person who poisons something or someone
- Ukrainian: отру́йник (otrújnyk) — person who poisons something or someone
- Ukrainian: отру́йниця (otrújnycja) — person who poisons something or someone
- Ukrainian: отру́ювач (otrújuvač) — person who poisons something or someone
- Ukrainian: отру́ювачка (otrújuvačka) — person who poisons something or someone
- Ukrainian: отру́тник (otrútnyk) — person who poisons something or someone
- Ukrainian: отру́тниця (otrútnycja) — person who poisons something or someone