lifetaker

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noun

A murderer; an assassin.

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Meanings

nounlifetaker (plural lifetakers)

plural lifetakers

  1. A murderer; an assassin.

    ‘I don't know hell's first whisper about you. You might be a lifetaker for all I know.’

    1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 86

Origin

From life + taker.

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Cite this entry
APA

lifetaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifetaker

MLA

“lifetaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifetaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lifetaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifetaker.

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