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Meaning of kinslayer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who slays his or her own kin; a parricide.

rare

Examples

“Associated by the poet with Cain, primordial kinslayer and therefore symbol of elemental social disunity, he stalks abroad, ravaging only by night...”
“I would not invoke the curse of a kinslayer.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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