English Explanatory Dictionary

manslaught

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Manslaughter.

Word forms

manslaught

Etymology

From Middle English manslagt, manslaȝt, from Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), equivalent to man + slaught. Cognate with Middle Low German manslacht, Middle High German manslaht, Danish mandslæt.

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