assassin

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed (Freq. 6)
- his assassins were hunted down like animals
- assassinators of kings and emperors
• Syn:
assassinator, bravo
• Derivationally related forms:
assassinate (for: assassinator), assassinate
• Topics:
politics, political science, government
• Hypernyms:
murderer, liquidator, manslayer
• Instance Hyponyms:
Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald
2. a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
• Hypernyms:
Muslim, Moslem

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  assassinator, bravo