deathmonger

English

Etymology

From death +‎ monger.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛθmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛθmʊŋɡə/

Noun

deathmonger (plural deathmongers)

1. One who peddles death; a murderer of many.
   • 1990, Nat Segaloff, Hurricane Billy: the stormy life and films of William Friedkin:

     So what if arms dealers are money-grabbing deathmongers? This is a revelation?

   • 2002, Reuven P Bulka, Modern folk Judaism: the reality and the challenge:

     And then there were those who died and were martyred in the struggle to maintain a Jewish lifestyle, murdered at the hands of deathmongers, pillagers […]

   • 2006, John Biggins, The Two-Headed Eagle:

     Having babies spits in the eye of the Ludendorffs and Kaiser Wilhelms and the Krupps and all the other deathmongers who'd kill the lot of us if they could.