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manslayer

[man-slay-er] / ˈmænˌsleɪ ər /


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Cities of Refuge, among the Jews; three on the E. and three on the W. of the Jordan, in which the manslayer might find refuge from the avenger of blood.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

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

From Old French Romances by William Morris

He made the way as plain as possiblePg 70 to the manslayer of old.

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

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 John R. (John Ross) Macduff

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 Theodore Roosevelt




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