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1. (n.) assassin
a murderer, esp. one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.
2. assassin
(cap.) one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria c1090–1272, whose chief object was to assassinate Crusaders.
Etymology: (1525–35; < ML assassinī (pl.) < Ar &hdotbelow;ashshāshīn lit., eaters of hashish)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) assassin, assassinator, bravo
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
"his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"
2. (noun) assassin
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) assassin
one who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense
2. (verb) assassin
to assassinate
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Sense: a person who assassinates.
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 Afrikaans: sluipmoordenaar |
 Arabic: مُغْتال، قاتِل |
 Bulgarian: убиец |
 Brazilian: assassino |
 Czech: vrah |
 German: der/die Attentäter/in |
 Danish: snigmorder |
 Greek: δολοφόνος |
 Spanish: asesino |
 Estonian: salamõrvar |
 Farsi: قاتل |
 Finnish: salamurhaaja |
 French: assassin |
 Hebrew: מִתְנָקֵש |
 Hindi: हत्यारा |
 Croatian: atentator |
 Hungarian: orgyilkos |
 Indonesian: pembunuh |
 Icelandic: (laun)morðingi |
 Italian: assassino |
 Japanese: 暗殺者 |
 Korean: 암살자 |
 Lithuanian: žudikas |
 Latvian: slepkava |
 Malay: pembunuh |
 Dutch: moordenaar |
 Norwegian: (snik)morder |
 Polish: zamachowiec |
 Persian: قاتل |
 Pashto: وژونکی، قاتل |
 Portuguese: assassino |
 Romanian: asasin |
 Russian: (наёмный) убийца |
 Slovak: vrah |
 Slovenian: morilec |
 Serbian: atentator, plaćeni ubica |
 Swedish: [lönn]mördare |
 Thai: ผู้ลอบสังหาร |
 Turkish: katil |
 Taiwanese: 暗殺者暗殺者，刺客 |
 Ukrainian: найманий убивця |
 Urdu: قاتل |
 Vietnamese: kẻ ám sát |
 Chinese: 暗杀者，行刺者 |
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