Definitions for ASSAILANT
əˈseɪ ləntas·sailant

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulternoun

   someone who attacks

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assailantnoun

   Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.

2. assailantnoun

   A hostile critic or opponent.

3. Etymology: asaillant, from the verb asaillir, from assalio, itself from ad + salio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assailantadjective

   Attacking; invading.

   And as ev’ning dragon came,
   Assailant on the perched roosts
   Of tame villatick fowl. John Milton, Sampson Agonistes.

2. Assailantnoun

   He that attacks; in opposition to defendant.

   Etymology: assaillant, Fr.

   The same was so well encountered by the defendants, that the obstinacy of the assailants did but increase the loss. John Hayward.

   I’ll put myself in poor and mean attire,
   And with a kind of umber smirch my face,
   The like do you; so shall we pass along,
   And never stir assailants. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

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1. assailant

   An assailant is a person who physically attacks another or engages in aggressive, harmful, or unlawful behavior against another person. This term is often used in the context of criminal acts or violent incidents.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assailantadjective

   assailing; attacking

2. Assailantnoun

   one who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer

3. Etymology: [F. assaillant.]

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1. Assailant

   Assailant is a Swedish power metal band formed in 2004 formerly signed on the label Dockyard 1. Their debut album Nemesis Within was released in May 2006.

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Anagrams for ASSAILANT »

1. alsatians

2. Alsatians

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ASSAILANT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ASSAILANT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ASSAILANT in a Sentence

1. Major Scott Champagne:

   It was huge, any homicide investigator will tell you that one of the first things is knowing your victim, understanding the victim. In a majority of homicide investigations, the victim had known their assailant. It’s not unusual. So for us to be able to finally identify the victim months later allowed us to get the ball rolling on the investigation. We went full steam ahead at that point.

2. Juliette Kayyem:

   We get better about securing them because everything we're hearing is that entry was secure, that there was a strong presence, an assailant like this will find another way in.

3. Kerr Putney:

   But for his work, the assailant may not have been disarmed, he's an athletically built young man, and he took the fight to the assailant. Unfortunately he had to give his life to do so.

4. Andrea Constand:

   Today’s majority decision regarding Bill Cosby is not only disappointing but of concern in that it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system from reporting or participating in the prosecution of the assailant or may force a victim to choose between filing either a criminal or civil action.

5. August Strindberg:

   I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ASSAILANT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assailant
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ASSAILANT
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ASSAILANT
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ASSAILANT