1. Noun
One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
2. Noun
A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece.
3. Noun
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
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