murderesses
Women who kill
Murderesses is the plural of murderess, a woman who commits murder.
The word is now largely archaic, as murderer has become the standard term regardless of gender.
When it does appear, murderess often carries literary or sensational overtones, evoking Victorian crime narratives or tabloid headlines.
The film portrayed history's most infamous murderesses.
- poisonersPeople who administer toxins
- VictorianOf a prim era
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
- hangingsSuspended wall coverings
arsenic · inheritance · widows · trials · sensationalized · tabloids · penny dreadfuls · infamy
Those who cause death
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
- homicidesKillings of humans
- convictsImprisoned felons
- defendantsThose facing prosecution
suspects · offenders · inmates · prisoners · assassins · poisoners · felons · slayers
- MedeaMythical infanticidal sorceress
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- villainessEvil female character
- antiheroineFlawed female lead character
femme fatale · protagonist · antagonist · thriller · mystery · noir · whodunit · gothic
Offspring-bearing sex
- womenFemale adults collectively
- femininePertaining to women
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
media · sensationalized · demonized · monstrous · deviant · transgressive · maternal · domesticity
Lizzie Borden
hangings · arsenic · inheritance · widows · trials · sensationalized · tabloids · penny dreadfuls · infamy · notorious
killers
Those who cause death
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
- homicidesKillings of humans
- convictsImprisoned felons
defendants · suspects · offenders · inmates · prisoners · assassins · poisoners · felons · slayers · culprits
Lady Macbeth
- MedeaMythical infanticidal sorceress
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- villainessEvil female character
antiheroine · femme fatale · protagonist · antagonist · thriller · mystery · noir · whodunit · gothic · suspense
female
Offspring-bearing sex
- womenFemale adults collectively
- femininePertaining to women
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
stereotypes · media · sensationalized · demonized · monstrous · deviant · transgressive · maternal · domesticity · subversion
murderessessaviors
Those who rescue others
lifesavers · heroines · protectors · rescuers · defenders