manquellere
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- manne qwellare, manquellar, manquellare, man-queller, man-quellere, man quellere, man-qweller, manqwhellere, manwheller, man-wheller, menquellere, mon-queller, monquellere
Etymology
[edit]From man (“man, person”) quellere (“killer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]manquellere (plural manquelleres)
- One entrusted with the duty of execution; a hangman.
- A killer or murderer; one who illegally kills.
- (Christianity, figurative) One who leads others towards eternal damnation.
Descendants
[edit]- English: manqueller
References
[edit]- “man-queller(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.