assassin
11Assassin — As*sas sin, n. [F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by… …
12Assassin — As*sas sin, v. t. To assassinate. [Obs.] Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster] …
13Assassin — (franz., spr. ssäng), um Geld gedungener Meuchelmörder; Assassinat, Meuchelmord, Banditenmord; Assassinator, Anstifter zu einem Meuchelmord. Das Wort, im Französischen des 12. Jahrh. zuerst gebraucht, stammt aus dem Arabischen (s. Assassinen) …
14Assassin — (frz., spr. ssäng), Meuchelmörder; Assassināt, Meuchelmord; Assassinātor, Anstifter eines Meuchelmords …
15assassin — ASSASSIN: Toujours lâche, même quand il a été intrépide et audacieux. Moins coupable qu un incendiaire …
16assassin — (n.) 1530s (in Anglo Latin from mid 13c.), via French and Italian, from Arabic hashishiyyin hashish users, plural of hashishiyy, from HASHISH (Cf. hashish) (q.v.). A fanatical Ismaili Muslim sect of the time of the Crusades, under leadership of… …
17assassin — [n] murderer of prominent or important person butcher*, clipper*, dropper*, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, guerrilla*, gun*, gun person, hatchet person, hit person, killer, liquidator, piece person*, plugger*, slayer, soldier, torpedo*,… …
18assassin — Assassin, et Assassinateur, m. acut. Adjectif, est dit celuy qui de guet à pens, et par machination conspirée met en sur saut et d emblée à mort un autre, estant loué et attitré à cest effect. Le mot est prins de l Italien (ainsi n en puisse… …
19assassin — ► 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 …
20assassin — [ə sas′ən] n. [Fr < ML assassinus < Ar ḥashshāshīn, hashish users < ḥashīsh, hemp] 1. [A ] a member of a secret terrorist sect of Muslims of the 11th 13th cent., who killed their political enemies as a religious duty, allegedly while… …
