noun, masculine/esˈlaʃeɾ/plural: slashers
slasher (horror subgenre)
Etymology tree English slash Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English slasherubor. Spanish slasher Unadapted borrowing from English slasher.