slain
pronunciation
How to pronounce slain in British English:
UK [sleɪn]
How to pronounce slain in American English:
US [slen]
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- Noun:
- people who have been slain (as in battle)
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- Adjective:
- killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors"
Word Origin
- slain (adj.)
- early 13c., from Old English (ge)slegen, past participle of slean (see slay (v.)). The noun meaning "those who have been slain" is attested from mid-14c.
Example
- 1. In a storm , with the sailors slain ?
- 2. A picture of st. george and the slain dragon .
- 3. Two visitors were brutally slain yesterday .
- 4. Many are the victims she has brought down ; her slain are a mighty throng .
- 5. And the earl 's brothers were the one slain and the other executed .