assassinator

English

Etymology

From assassinate +‎ -or.

Noun

assassinator (plural assassinators)

1. An assassin.
   • 1858, John M. Neale, A History of the So-called Jansenist Church of Holland, page 116:

     Philip of Spain had offered a reward of 25,000 crowns, a patent of nobility, and immunity for all past crimes, to the assassinator of the Prince of Orange.

Derived terms

• assassinatress