Meanings
nounblood avenger (plural blood avengers)
plural blood avengers · alternative blood-avenger · alternative avenger of blood
- one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud
Origin
- Hebrewגֹּאֵל דָם
- Englishblood avenger
Eventually probably after Biblical Hebrew גֹּאֵל דָם (gōʾēl dām).
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German Bluträcher
- Bluträcherone who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person
Hebrew גֹּאֵל דָם
- גֹּאֵל דָם (gōʾēl dām)one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person
Persian خونخواه
- خونخواه (xun-xâh)one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person
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APA
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Chicago
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