Slayer vs Slain - What's the difference?
slayer | slain |
(with "the") Those who have been killed.
* 1906 , Mary Elizabeth Lewis, The ethics of Wagner's The ring of the Nibelung , page 41:
As nouns the difference between slayer and slain
is that slayer is one who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life while slain is with "the" Those who have been killed.As a verb slain is
past participle of lang=en.slain
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(en-plural noun)- While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain , they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help.