Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

murderers' row

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: mur-der-ers' row
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A team with an exceptionally talented group of players, or that group of players.

noun

Any ensemble which comprises exceptional individuals.

name

The batting lineup of certain New York Yankees teams in the early twentieth century, most notably the 1927 team.

name

A group of middleweight boxers in the 1940s.

Example Sentences

"The cast was a murderers' row, with five Oscar winners in supporting roles."
"Reuniting with a murderers’ row of similarly wizened crime-movie veterans, Scorsese hasn’t just returned to reclaim the genre he nearly perfected. He’s come to bury it, too"

Etymology

From Murderers' Row.

Inflected Forms

murderers' rows (plural)

Phrases

rogues' gallery

Frequently Paired Words

rogues' gallery

Questions

What does murderers' row mean?: A team with an exceptionally talented group of players, or that group of players.
Where does murderers' row come from?: From Murderers' Row.

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