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1 assassin
noun (a person who assassinates.) δολοφόνος
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assassin — ► NOUN ▪ a person who assassinates someone. ORIGIN Arabic, hashish eater , with reference to a fanatical Muslim sect who ruled part of northern Persia 1094 1256 and were reputed to use hashish before murder missions … English terms dictionary
assassin — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted, would be ▪ hired, professional ▪ He was killed by a hired assassin. ▪ trained ▪ … Collocations dictionary
assassin — noun (C) someone who murders an important person: Kennedy s supposed assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
assassin — noun the presumed assassin, Oswald, was gunned down Syn: murderer, killer, gunman; executioner; informal hit man, hired gun; dated homicide … Thesaurus of popular words
assassin — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin assassinus, from Arabic ḥashshāshīn, plural of ḥashshāsh worthless person, literally, hashish user, from hashīsh hashish Date: circa 1520 1. capitalized a member of a Shia Muslim sect who at the time of the Crusades … New Collegiate Dictionary
assassin bug — noun Date: 1895 any of a family (Reduviidae) of bugs that are usually predatory on insects though some (as a kissing bug) suck the blood of mammals called also reduviid … New Collegiate Dictionary
assassin bug — noun a bug from the family Reduviidae, that eats other insects ; some species may transmit Chagas disease to humans … Wiktionary
assassin bug — noun a long legged predatory or bloodsucking bug occurring chiefly in the tropics, some kinds of which can transmit diseases to humans. [Family Reduviidae: numerous species.] … English new terms dictionary
assassin — noun Syn: murderer, killer, gunman, executioner; informal hit man … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
assassin bug — noun a true bug: long legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals • Syn: ↑reduviid • Hypernyms: ↑heteropterous insect • Hyponyms: ↑conenose, ↑cone nosed bug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
assassin fly — noun : robber fly … Useful english dictionary