FromMiddle Englishmanquellere, equivalent toman +queller.
manqueller (pluralmanquellers)
- (obsolete) Akiller ofmen; amanslayer;executioner.
- (obsolete) Amurderer.
c.1596–1599 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […].Epilogue.”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i]:Wilt thou kill God's officers and the king's? Ah, thou honey-seed rogue! Thou art a honey-seed, aman-queller, and a woman-queller.
1609,Richard Carew,The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] forIohn Iaggard, […],→OCLC:you must vnderstand , that this was not Kayne themanqueller , but one of a gentler spirit , and milder sex
“manqueller”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
