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Etymology
From F. #French|assassin or It. assassino, from Ar. ARchar|حشاش�� (haššašīn, hashish addicts).

Pronunciation
IPA|/�'sæsın/
audio|Assassin.ogg|Audio (UK)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æsɪn|-æsɪn

Noun
en-noun

1. One who is motivated by political reasons or money to intentionally kill a particular person.
2. Any ruthless killer.
3. italbrac|historically A member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group.

Translations
trans-top|One who, motivated by political reasons, intentionally kills a particular person
Catalan: assassí m
Chinese traditional/simplified: �客, �客 (cì kè)
Danish: attentatmand c
Finnish: salamurhaaja
French: t+|fr|assassin|m
German: t+|de|Attentäter|m
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Greek: t+|el|δολο��νο�|m|sc=Grek (dolofónos)
Icelandic: t-|is|launmorðingi|m
Japanese: JAchar|�殺� (JAchar|������, ansatsusha)
Slovene: atentator m, atentatorka f
Spanish: t-|es|asesino|m
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trans-top|Any ruthless killer
Catalan: assassí m
Chinese traditional/simplified: �殺�, ��� (àn sh� zh�)
Danish: attentatmand c, morder c, snigmorder c
French: t+|fr|assassin|m
German: Meuchelmörder m, Auftragsmörder m
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Greek: t+|el|δολο��νο�|m|sc=Grek (dolofónos)
Slovak: vrah m
Spanish: t-|es|asesino|m
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trans-top|A member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group.
German: t+|de|Assassine|m
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ttbc|Dutch: moordenaar m
ttbc|Italian: assassino m
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ttbc|Korean: �� (jagaek)
ttbc|Latin: percussor (Classical Latin) nominative, percussoris genitive, assassinus (Modern Latin)
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Verb
to assassin

1. nonstandard To assassinate.

Translations
trans-top|to assassinate
Chinese traditional/simplified: �殺, �� (àn sh�)
Dutch: t-|nl|vermoorden
German: ermorden, meucheln, Meuchelmord begehen
Icelandic: ráða af lífi, ráða af dögum
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Related terms
assassinate
assassination
hashish

Derived terms
royal assassin

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