ripper(n = noun.person) - a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman"
is a kind of liquidator, manslayer, murderer
One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. [1913 Webster]
"But what's the action we are for now ?
Robbing a ripper of his fish." [1913 Webster]
1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. [1913 Webster]
2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates. [1913 Webster]
3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [1913 Webster]
ripper, n.
1 a person or thing that rips.
2 a murderer who rips the victims' bodies.