資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Murderer \Mur"der*er\, n.
   1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his
      reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated
      malice.

   2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks
      of boarders; -- called also {murdering piece}. [Obs.]