Meaning

4 senses
  1. Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

    Attentäter, Attentäterin, Mörder

    уби́йцаubíjca, ки́ллерkíller, наёмный уби́йцаnajómnyj ubíjca

    на́йманий уби́вцяnájmanyj ubývcja

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

  2. Any ruthless killer.

    Meuchelmörder, Meuchelmörderin, Mörder

    уби́йцаubíjca

  3. (capitalized, historical, usually)A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.

    Assassine

    ассаси́нassasín, хашаши́нxašašín

  4. (humorous)An associated prime of a module.

Examples

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  1. Have they caught the assassin yet?

    deHat man den Attentäter mittlerweile geschnappt?

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  2. The assassin killed Tom by mistake.

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  3. Tom was killed by a hired assassin.

    ruТом был убит наёмным убийцей.

    deTom wurde von einem Auftragsmörder umgebracht.

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  4. Tom got killed by a hired assassin.

    ruТом был убит наёмным убийцей.

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  5. A hired assassin killed Tom.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure:
member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure:
any ruthless killer:
member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group:

Origin

From either French assassin or Italian assassino, from Arabic أَسَاسِيِّين (ʔasāsiyyīn, “p

From either French assassin or Italian assassino, from Arabic أَسَاسِيِّين (ʔasāsiyyīn, “people who are faithful to the foundation [of the faith]”) and the folkloric etymology Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users; low-lives”).

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Forms

plural: assassins
Singularassassin
Pluralassassins

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed:assassinatorbravo

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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