assassin
31assassin — UK [əˈsæsɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms assassin : singular assassin plural assassins someone who kills a famous or important person, especially for political reasons, or someone who is paid to kill a particular person …
32ASSASSIN — INE. adj. Qui assassine. Il n est guère usité qu en poésie. Un fer assassin. Fig. et fam., Des yeux assassins, des regards assassins, Des yeux, des regards capables d inspirer une grande passion …
33assassin — as|sas|sin [əˈsæsın] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: assassinus, from Arabic hashshashin one who smokes hashish (and then kills religious enemies) , from hashish] someone who murders an important person ▪ Kennedy s assassin is… …
34assassin — [17] Etymologically, an assassin is an ‘eater or smoker of hashish’, the drug cannabis. In the Middle Ages, in the area of the Middle East and modern Iran, there was a sect of fanatical Ismaili Muslims, founded in the late 11th century by Hassan… …
35Assassin — a member of the fanatical Nizari branch of Ismaili Muslims dominant at the time of the Crusades. → assassin …
36assassin — noun (C) someone who murders an important person: Kennedy s supposed assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald …
37assassin — noun the presumed assassin, Oswald, was gunned down Syn: murderer, killer, gunman; executioner; informal hit man, hired gun; dated homicide …
38assassin — n. ASSASSIN, NA, E (Aix, Albanais, Annecy, Villards Thônes) ; kileu, za, e (Arvillard), R. a. killer …
39assassin — [17] Etymologically, an assassin is an ‘eater or smoker of hashish’, the drug cannabis. In the Middle Ages, in the area of the Middle East and modern Iran, there was a sect of fanatical Ismaili Muslims, founded in the late 11th century by Hassan… …
40assassin — n. 1 a killer, esp. of a political or religious leader. 2 hist. any of a group of Muslim fanatics sent on murder missions in the time of the Crusades. Etymology: F assassin or f. med.L assassinus f. Arab. hassas hashish eater …
