assassin
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assassin
- /əˈsæsɪn/ UK
Rhymes with -æsɪn
Where it comes from
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”).
The mathematical sense was introduced by Bourbaki, playing on the notation operatorname Ass(M) and the fact that an associated prime is the annihilator of an element, and so is said to kill that element.
noun assassins
- Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure. The hand that held the bond of so many jarring interests lay powerless beneath the pall. The perils of war had been about him, and the midnight assassin had watched his path; yet he died quietly in his bed.
- Any ruthless killer.
- A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period. The Assassines, a nation depending of Phœnicia, are esteemed among the Mahometists of a soveraigne devotion and puritie of maners; they hold, that the readiest and shortest way to gaine Paradise, is to kill some one of a contrary religion[…].
- An associated prime of a module.
verb assassins · assassining · assassined
- To assassinate.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bravo, guy, man, executor, lover, reasoning, hypocrite, doer, photograph, taker, fatal, canteen, gunman, hitman, jug, assassination
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noun one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure
| Español | sicario, magnicida |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 암살자 amsalja, 자객 jagaek |
| 日本語 | 暗殺者 ansatsusha, 刺客 shikyaku, キラー kirā |
| 中文 | 刺客 cìkè, 凶手 xiōngshǒu |
| हिन्दी | छलघाती chalghātī, गुप्तघाती guptaghātī, हत्यारा hatyārā, विषकन्या viṣkanyā, गरकट garkaṭ, क़ातिल qātil |
| Português | assassino, assassina |
| Français | assassin, assassine |
| Deutsch | Attentäter, Attentäterin, Mörder, Mörderin |
| Italiano | assassino, assassina |
| Ελληνικά | δολοφόνος dolofónos |
| Русский | уби́йца ubíjca, ки́ллер kíller, наёмный уби́йца najómnyj ubíjca |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻ ám sát, sát thủ |
| العربية | قَاتِل qātil, سَفَّاح saffāḥ, سَفَّاك saffāk, مُغْتَال muḡtāl |
| עברית | מִתְנַקֵּשׁ mitnakésh, מִתְנַקֶּשֶׁת mitnakéshet |
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title = {assassin},
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