assailant (noun)

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• assailant — (n.) 1530s, from Fr. assailant, noun use of prp. of assailir (see ASSAIL (Cf. assail)). Earlier in same sense was assailer (c.1400) …   Etymology dictionary

• assailant — ► NOUN ▪ a person who attacks another …   English terms dictionary

• assailant — as·sail·ant /ə sā lənt/ n: a person who commits criminal assault Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. assailant …   Law dictionary

• assailant — noun (C) formal someone who attacks another person: Ms Hervey states that she could not see her assailant s face …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• assailant — noun he recognized his assailant Syn: attacker, mugger, assaulter …   Thesaurus of popular words

• assailant — noun see assail …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• assailant — noun a) Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker. b) A hostile critic or opponent …   Wiktionary

• assailant — noun a person who physically attacks another …   English new terms dictionary

• assailant — UK [əˈseɪlənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms assailant : singular assailant plural assailants formal someone who violently attacks another person …   English dictionary

• assailant — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. attacker, assaulter, antagonist, mugger; see attacker . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. attacker, assaulter, accoster, molester, mugger, aggressor, adversary, enemy, foe. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who starts a… …   English dictionary for students

• assailant — as|sail|ant [ ə seılənt ] noun count FORMAL someone who violently attacks another person …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English