assailant
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assailant
- /əˈseɪlənt/
Where it comes from
From Old French assaillant, from the verb assaillir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“to, towards”) + salīre (“to jump”). Equivalent to assail + -ant.
noun assailants
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Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.
I’ll put myself in poor and mean attire,
And with a kind of umber smirch my face;
The like do you; so shall we pass along,
And never stir assailants.
Similar: attacker
- A hostile critic or opponent. 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne and Son and T. Cadell, Volume 5, Book 9, Chapter 3, p. 41, […] the assailants of the quill have their honour as much at heart as the assailants of the sword.
adjective
- Assailing; attacking. But he though blind of sight, / Despis'd, and thought extinguish'd quite, / With inward eyes illuminated, / His fiery virtue roused / From under ashes into sudden flame, / And as an evening dragon came, / Assailant on the perched roosts / And nests in order ranged / Of tame villatic fowl, but as an
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: aggressor, attacker, attacking, mob, bully, abuser, thief, mugger, murderer, offender, perpetrator, gunman, thug, suspicious, suspect, outlet
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noun an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally
| Español | asaltante, atacante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가해자 gahaeja |
| 日本語 | 加害者 kagaisha |
| 中文 | 攻擊者 /攻击者 gōngjīzhě, gōngjízhě |
| Português | agressor |
| Français | agresseur, assaillant |
| Deutsch | Angreifer, Angreiferin |
| Italiano | assalitore, assalitrice, aggressore, aggreditrice |
| Русский | напада́ющий napadájuščij, напа́вший napávšij, агре́ссор agréssor |
| العربية | مُهَاجِم muhājim, مُعْتَدٍ muʕtadin |
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