assassin
noun/əˈsæsɪn/
/əˈsæsn/
- a person who murders somebody important or famous, for money or for political reasons
- a hired/professional assassin
- He was killed by a hired assassin.
- They hired a professional assassin to do the job for them.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attempted
- would-be
- hired
- …
- hire
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from medieval Latin assassinus, from Arabic ḥašīšī ‘hashish-eater’.Definitions on the go
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