English dictionary
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English noun: assassin | |||
| 1. | assassin (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 | assassinator, bravo | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | liquidator, manslayer, murderer | ||
| Instance hyponym | Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Oswald | ||
| Domain category | government, political science, politics | ||
| 2. | assassin (person) a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Moslem, Muslim | ||
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