manslayer

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No manslayer then the wide world o'er When Mine and Thine are known no more.

From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by Morris, William

Far, far more so than the manslayer had of old in his.

From The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

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.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore

The wild creature, quivering with ferocious passions, put a fondling arm around the manslayer.

From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry

The ceremony of consecrating a manslayer was elaborate.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir