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- noun Plural form of
manqueller .
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Examples
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Item, that the said abbot hath had and hath yet a special favour to misdoers and manquellers, thieves, deceivers of their neighbours, and by them [is] most ruled and counselled.
Short Studies on Great Subjects James Anthony Froude 1856
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_Quell_ is _murder, manquellers_ being, in the old language, the term for which _murderers_ is now used.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Samuel Johnson 1746
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a special favour to misdoers and manquellers, thieves, deceivers of their neighbours, and by them [is] most ruled and counselled.
Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc James Anthony Froude 1856
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I. vii.71 (433,7) our great quell] _Quell_ is _murder_. _manquellers_ being in the old language the term for which _murderers_ is now used.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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