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# murderess

noun (plural murderesses)

«murderess» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A murderess is a woman who has killed another person on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderess/#m1)
2. (old use) In old stories, the word means a female murderer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderess/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a woman who has killed someone; in tales she is often the villain the hero must find

### Examples

- He searched everywhere for the murderess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderess/#x1)
- Nobody could find the murderess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderess/#x2)
- The King was told the Queen was a murderess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderess/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «murderess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderess/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«murderess» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/murderess.html) on Mova free.