English noun: assassinator | |||
| 1. | assassinator (person) a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | ||
| Samples | His assassins were hunted down like animals. Assassinators of kings and emperors. | ||
| Synonyms | assassin, bravo | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | liquidator, manslayer, murderer | ||
| Instance hyponym | Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Oswald | ||
| Domain category | government, political science, politics | ||