blood avenger

English

Alternative forms

blood-avenger
avenger of blood

Etymology

Eventually probably after Biblical Hebrew גֹּאֵל דָם (gōʾēl dām).

Noun

blood avenger (plural blood avengers)

one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud

Related terms

blood vengeance

Translations

one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person

German: Bluträcher m
Hebrew: גֹּאֵל דָם m (gōʾēl dām)
Persian: خون‌خواه (xun-xâh)

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