manslayer

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I have been with tribes whom only fear or imminent starvation could drive to attack the lion; and I have seen the naked warriors of the Nandi kill the great, maned manslayer with their spears.

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There it stood, the terrible beast, the manslayer, gigantic in its might, and for a moment the spectator stood petrified.

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The Beduins, rovers and raveners, manslayers and thieves, are in their house of moe-hair the kindest hosts, the noblest and most generous of men.

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He remained a ferocious manslayer and cannibal to the last.

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A notable feature of the tribal system all over the world was the blood-feud, wiped out only by the death of the manslayer or by the payment of a sufficient recompense.

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