ASSASSIN

assassin|assassinator. Assassin, or Assassinator, n. one who kills or attempts to kill by treachery, or secret assault

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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 their chief.]] One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.