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murderess

[mur-der-is] / ˈmɜr dər ɪs /


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Marten said she was worried people would think she was "some evil mother" or a "murderess."

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Rivera also inhabited roles like Rosie, the girlfriend of a rock star’s manager in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the original Velma and later the ambitious murderess Roxie in “Chicago,” and former showgirl Lilane in “Nine.”

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

Spindle City: The Lizzie Borden Musical Katrina Wood’s new musical retells the 19th century tale of the accused murderess.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2016

Jennifer Jason Leigh, with her finely filigreed vocal role in that stop-motion-animated love story and her barn-burning turn as the murderess Daisy Domergue in The Hateful Eight, has pitched two cinematic no-hitters in one year.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2016

I ask you, did you ever hear of a would-be murderess and her escaped victim being on such cordial terms?

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge