• Manslaughter

    Origin

    From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mannslieht, mannsleaht ("homicide"), from mann("man, person") + slieht("stroke, slaying"), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter ("homicide").

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    Noun

    manslaughter

    (plural manslaughters)
    1. An act of killing a human being unlawfully, but not wilfully (as opposed to murder).

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