assassin

[As*sas·sin]

An assassin is someone who murders an important political or religious leader. Brutus is one of the most infamous assassins in history. He murdered Julius Caesar, who ruled Rome in the first century B.C.

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One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

Noun
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"

Noun
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terroriszed and killed Christian Crusaders


n.
One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

v. t.
To assassinate.


Assassin

As*sas"sin , n. [F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by their chief.] One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

Assassin

As*sas"sin, v. t. To assassinate. [Obs.] Stillingfleet.

One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

To assassinate.

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Usage Examples

One kills a man, one is an assassin one kills millions, one is a conqueror one kills everybody, one is a god.

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Other Usage Examples

What they're not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails and all the other gnarly gnarlingtons in my life, that we are high priests, Vatican assassin warlocks. Boom. Print that, people. See where that goes.

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