assassin

Definition of Assassin in English :

Noun

a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

Example Sentences:
'his assassins were hunted down like animals'
'assassinators of kings and emperors'

2. assassin

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Assassin

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noun

a murderer, esp one who kills a prominent political figure

noun

a member of a secret sect of Muslim fanatics operating in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1256, murdering their victims, usually Crusaders

Assassin

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noun

1. [A-]

a member of a secret terrorist sect of Muslims of the 11th-13th cent., who killed their political enemies as a religious duty, allegedly while under the influence of hashish

2.

a murderer who strikes suddenly and by surprise

now generally used of the killer of a politically important or prominent person

Assassin

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n.

1. One who murders by surprise attack, especially one who carries out a plot to kill a prominent person.

2. Assassin A member of a militant subgroup of Ismailis that in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries carried out political assassinations directed especially against Seljuk rule.

3. A game in which players eliminate other players by tagging them with an innocuous object, as a sock, rubber band, or pellet from a paintball gun, until only one player remains.

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