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Synonyms for assassin

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-sas-in
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsæs ɪn

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Définition of assassin

Origin :
  • 1530s (in Anglo-Latin from mid-13c.), via French and Italian, from Arabic hashishiyyin "hashish-users," plural of hashishiyy, from hashish (q.v.). A fanatical Ismaili Muslim sect of the time of the Crusades, under leadership of the "Old Man of the Mountains" (translates Arabic shaik-al-jibal, name applied to Hasan ibu-al-Sabbah), with a reputation for murdering opposing leaders after intoxicating themselves by eating hashish. The plural suffix -in was mistaken in Europe for part of the word (cf. Bedouin).
  • noun murderer of prominent or important person
Example sentences :
  • From the first to the last moment of her reign, she combined the courtesan with the assassin.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • He felt that the family dignity was struck at by an assassin's hand.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • And yet the paper was in his possession; and, she it was who had rescued him from the assassin's knife.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • He did not proclaim the vendetta against the assassin of his father.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • Nay, if you spoke your whole mind out, be assassin and victim.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • True, but the assassin in authority is also generally a politician.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
  • Two crimes have been committed: we wish to seize the assassin.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • He was her betrayer, her assassin, for he tried to slay her soul.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • He followed like an assassin meditating the moment to strike.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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