different between murderer vs sniper

English

Alternative forms

• murtherer (obsolete)

Etymology

From murder +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?d???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??d???/
• Hyphenation: mur?der?er

Noun

murderer (plural murderers, feminine murderess)

1. A person who commits murder.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

     It was two o'clock when she came to herself and called for the police. The murderer was gone long ago; but there lay his victim in the middle of the lane, incredibly mangled. The stick with which the deed had been done, although it was of some rare and very tough and heavy wood, had broken in the middle under the stress of this insensate cruelty

   • I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:killer

Coordinate terms

• murderess

Related terms

• murder
• murderess

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• demurrer

English

Etymology

snipe +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sna?.p?/
• Rhymes: -a?p?(r)

Noun

sniper (plural snipers)

1. A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

   (by extension) A sniper rifle

2. Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
3. One who shoots from a concealed position.
4. One who criticizes.
5. A hunter of snipe (the bird).
6. (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.

   Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.

7. A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond

Derived terms

• sniper rifle

Translations

See also

• marksman
• sharpshooter
• sniper's hide

Anagrams

• Perins, Piners, Prines, Spiner, persin, repins, respin, ripens, serpin

French

Etymology

From English sniper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snaj.pœ?/

Noun

sniper m (plural snipers)

1. sniper (person, weapon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

sniper f

1. plural indefinite of snipe

Portuguese

Etymology

From English sniper.

Noun

sniper m, f (plural snipers)

1. (military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)

   Synonym: franco-atirador