Meanings
nounmassacrist (plural massacrists)
plural massacrists
- rareOne who commits a massacre.
The paranoia of the Turkish Sultan Abdul, the massacrist, did not go further. To him, as to us, the choice seemed 'Thy life or mine'.
1935, Gerald Heard, The Source of Civilization1 more example
Hence, as with Montreal Massacrist Marc Lepine, who murdered 14 women in 1989, it was an act devoid of anything other than personal context.
2001, James P Winter, Mediathink
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