shedder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an attacker who sheds or spills blood
    spiller.
    • a great hunter and spiller of blood

WordNet

Shed"der noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.
  2. (Zoöl.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.

Webster 1913