self-killer

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ killer or self-kill +‎ -er.

Noun

self-killer (plural self-killers)

1. One who kills oneself; a suicide.
   • 2002, Thomas Szasz, Fatal Freedom, page 43:

     The idea of excusing the self-killer by attributing to him the fictitious malady called "insanity" was invented as a tactic for the merciful treatment of his survivors.

See also

• self-murderer
• self-slayer
• suicidee
• suicider

References

• “self-killer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.