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assassin
[uh-sas-in]
noun
a murderer, especially one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.
(initial capital letter)one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1272, whose chief object was to assassinate Crusaders.
Assassin
1/ əˈæɪ /
noun
a member of a secret sect of Muslim fanatics operating in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1256, murdering their victims, usually Crusaders
assassin
2/ əˈæɪ /
noun
a murderer, esp one who kills a prominent political figure
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of assassin1
Example Sentences
Afterwards, he likened events to the Hollywood movie The Hunger Games and claimed to have an alternative personality of a "professional assassin", the Old Bailey has been told.
And he decided that, if they really wanted to kill de Gaulle, they would have to hire a professional assassin.
In a police interview, he told police one of his personalities was a professional assassin.
Denali, exiled from the Comanche tribe, becomes a personal assassin to the tycoon, and is seen firing arrows and in hand-to-hand combat.
“Like a pinch hitter or an assassin, he comes in and just perfectly executes the assignment of every scene.”
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