Assassin

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  • noun. One who murders by surprise attack, especially one who carries out a plot to kill a prominent person.
  • noun. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To murder; assassinate.
  • noun. One of the Assassins, a military and religious order in Syria, founded in Persia by Hassan ben Sabbah about the year 1090.
  • noun. One who undertakes, for a reward previously agreed on, to put another person to death by surprise or secret assault; hence, one who kills, or attempts to kill, by treacherous violence; a murderer.
  • noun. A breast-knot, or similar decoration worn in front.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
  • transitive verb. To assassinate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A member of a Muslim militant group responsible for murdering Christian leaders during the Crusades.
  • noun. Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
  • noun. Any ruthless killer.
  • verb. To assassinate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
  • 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
    • Word Usage
    "The word assassin comes from the Arabic word hashhashshin, derived from the word for the drug hashish."
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    Moslem  Muslim  
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    Masson  bason  classon  fason  fasten  
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    adventurer  bandit  brigand  burglar  criminal  
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    Cain  alarmist  apache  assassinate  assassinator  
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