Usually means: Infamous unidentified Victorian-era murderer.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jack the Ripper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Jack the Ripper: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Jack the Ripper: Vocabulary.com
  4. Jack the Ripper: Wiktionary
  5. Jack the Ripper: Dictionary.com
  6. Jack The Ripper, Jack the Ripper (disambiguation), Jack the Ripper (miniseries), Jack the Ripper (song), Jack the Ripper, Jack the ripper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Jack the ripper: Rhymezone
  8. Jack the Ripper: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. jack the ripper: FreeDictionary.org
  10. jack the ripper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. Jack the Ripper: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Jack the Ripper, Ripper, Jack the: Who2
  13. jack the ripper: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Jack the Ripper: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jack the Ripper: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. jack the ripper: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Jack the Ripper)

▸ noun:  A supposed individual who was an unidentified 19th century serial killer in England, who has become part of folklore.

Similar:
spring-heeled Jack, jacker, Jack the lad, jack, jackroller, jackal, Jack-a-Lent, Jack Tar, jackarse, joker, more...

Opposite:
hero, savior, protector, defender

Types:
Zodiac Killer, BTK Killer, Green River Killer, Son of Sam, Night Stalker, Grim Sleeper, more...

Phrases:
Jack the Ripper suspects, Jack the Ripper in fiction, Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Museum, more...

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Similar:
spring-heeled Jack, jacker, Jack the lad, jack, jackroller, jackal, Jack-a-Lent, Jack Tar, jackarse, joker, more...

Opposite:
hero, savior, protector, defender

Types:
Zodiac Killer, BTK Killer, Green River Killer, Son of Sam, Night Stalker, Grim Sleeper, more...

Phrases:
Jack the Ripper suspects, Jack the Ripper in fiction, Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper, Jack the Ripper Museum, more...



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