noun
- plural of murther; instances or acts of unlawful killing of a person with malice aforethought
Usage: archaic or dialectal spelling of 'murders'
verb
- third-person singular present tense of murther; to unlawfully kill a person with malice aforethought
Usage: archaic or dialectal spelling of 'murders'
Examples
- The historical records documented several murthers committed in the village during that dark period.
- He murthers his enemies without hesitation in the old play.
- The detective investigated the murthers with great care.
- Such murthers were considered heinous crimes even in medieval times.
- The witness claimed she saw who murthers the merchant.