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English
Etymology
From Middle English manquellere, equivalent to man + queller.
Noun
manqueller (plural manquellers)
- (obsolete) A killer of men; a manslayer; executioner.
- (obsolete) A murderer.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Wilt thou kill God's officers and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue! Thou art a honey-seed, a man-queller, and a woman-queller.
1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. , new edition, London: B. Law, ; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:you must vnderstand , that this was not Kayne the manqueller , but one of a gentler spirit , and milder sex
References
“manqueller”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.