slain

Etymology

verb

  1. past participle of slay

noun

  1. (with "the") Those who have been killed.
    While the Valkyries were the choosers of the valorous slain, they were also obedient to the call of any in distress who asked their help. 1906, Mary Elizabeth Lewis, The ethics of Wagner's The ring of the Nibelung, page 41

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