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