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One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

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  1. n. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
  2. n. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece.
  3. n. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
  4. 1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice. 2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece. [Obs.]
  5. n:100 n. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)