manslayer

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Impecunious ghosts, hard fate of, 406 Impurity, ceremonial, of manslayer, 229 sq.

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

When the avenger of blood was at his heels, did the manslayer require any violence to urge him on to the asylum where he might lodge secure?

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

Then said Amis: “Never shall it be that my fellow be a manslayer for the healing of me.”

From Old French Romances by Morris, William

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

From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram

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