assassin

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[edit] English

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From French assassin or Italian assassino, from Arabic حشاشين (haššašīn, hashish users).

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assassin (plural assassins)

  1. One who is motivated by political reasons or money to intentionally kill a particular person.
  2. Any ruthless killer.
  3. (historically) A member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group.

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assassin (third-person singular simple present assassins, present participle assassining, simple past and past participle assassined)

  1. (nonstandard) To assassinate.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Arabic, see above.

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  • IPA: /a.sa.sɛ̃/

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assassin m. (plural assassins)

  1. an assassin

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assassin m. (f. assassine, m. plural assassins, f. plural assassines)

  1. deadly; fatal; that kills
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