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Assassinator

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An assassin.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An assassin.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An assassin.

n. In canon law, one who hires another to kill a third person by surprise or secret assault.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

Word Usage

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Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

manslayer liquidator murderer

Hyponym

lee harvey oswald Oswald booth john wilkes booth

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

assassin