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assassin
[uh-sas-in]
noun
a murderer, especially one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.
(initial capital letter), one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1272, whose chief object was to assassinate Crusaders.
Assassin
1/ əˈsæsɪn /
noun
a member of a secret sect of Muslim fanatics operating in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1256, murdering their victims, usually Crusaders
assassin
2/ əˈsæsɪn /
noun
a murderer, esp one who kills a prominent political figure
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of assassin1
Example Sentences
On the Ninth Circuit, Judge Kennedy ruled against Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, the would-be assassin of President Ford, on a petition to reduce her bail.
So before Alexander added any new pupil to his “edge assassins” training program, he brought them to the hill for a workout.
This was not the work of a lone assassin, the dictator declared; a vast, shadowy opposition conspiracy was responsible.
Neither did he mean to imply the accused assassin was affiliated with MAGA, he added.
She was the second would-be assassin to confront the 38th president in the space of a month.
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