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assassin
[ uh-sas-in ]
/ ÉËsĂŠs ÉȘn /
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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.
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assassin
/ (ÉËsĂŠsÉȘn) /
noun
a murderer, esp one who kills a prominent political figure
Word Origin for assassin
C16: from Medieval Latin assassÄ«nus, from Arabic hashshÄshÄ«n, plural of hashshÄsh one who eats hashish
British Dictionary definitions for assassin (2 of 2)
Assassin
/ (ÉËsĂŠsÉȘn) /
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
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