Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person who attacks another.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Assaulting; attacking; invading with violence. Milton.
- In heraldry, same as salient.
- n. One who assails, attacks, or assaults.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.
- n. figuratively, by extension A hostile critic or opponent.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Assailing; attacking.
- n. One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who attacks
Etymologies
- Old French asaillant, from the verb asaillir ("to jump on"), from Latin assaliō, itself from ad ("to, towards") + saliō ("to jump"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“UPDATE 3 - I see from the Englishman that the Royal Marine who got kicked in the head during their attempt to win the Turner prize has said his assailant is a 'good mate'.”
“From the smell of the Peanut Butter Patties on her breath, I can tell without looking that my assailant is none other than Mary Jane “The Hammer” Macomber, long-time enforcer for the Greater Akron Girl Scout Council.”
“When you are assaulted by a criminal, you have the right to assume, and a high probability of being right, that the assailant is unrestrained and the situation will not get better.”
“A week later, the assailant is still not under arrest.”
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“However we see enough to make it clear that the assailant can have no grounds for claiming reasonable force - the assailant is obviously not defending themselves or defending anyone or anything else.”
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“However, being of Afro-Caribbean origins, the assailant is clearly a victim of some sort, and suitable mitigation has been made on his behalf.”
“Meanwhile, your assailant is into his second attack.”
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“Especially if the assailant is someone they actually LIKE?”
“Given that the man in question was about a foot shorter than Jones, I dare say he went down a little lightly hoping his 'assailant' was a Giant and that he might be able to draw a flag.”
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“Sounds like it was a stretch to call the assailant the dog's "owner".”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘assailant’.
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 213 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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The story of a little ant
adamant, coolant, consonant, depressant, assailant, assistant, assonant, pant, rant, abundant, volant, anticipant and 7 more...
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Spelling Conundrum
mischievous, confidant, cinch, befuddle, assailant, alleviate, coax, surreptitious, myriad
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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the criminal element
footpad, duped, murderer, machination, sinister, assailant, blackguard, felon, hooligan, knave, miscreant, saboteur and 8 more...
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The Da Vinci Code
Reading the novel The Da Vinci Code and getting known with some unfamiliar words. That's it.
prelate, prelature, stagger, archway, lunged, gilded, mortification, heave, heap, canvas, anticipated, parquet and 69 more...
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ugaustin's Words
propensity, aforementioned, celerity, cacophony, perspicacity, pylon, phagocytosis, predacious, miser, parched, peckish, insatiable and 51 more...
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The Three Musketeers
Favorite words from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers
sobriquet, tofa, baldric, alabaster, hostelry, incorrigible, assailant, poltroon, cudgel, bedizened, apogee, augury and 19 more...
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More Favorite
C'est le nec plus ultra.
accoutre, addle, acquiesce, admonish, affable, amalgamation, anomalous, apprehend, apostle, arduous, arrant, assailant and 17 more...
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phil vocab 1
utility, privation, hedonism, creed, inveterate, contemptuous, swine, ascribe, ignoramus, appellation, assailant, imputation and 38 more...
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chapter 3, whuthering heights
pluck, preposterous, grapple, assailant, multitude, sconce, zeal, pulpit, tumult, wail, pane, bough
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Week 17
Tweets
Looking for tweets for assailant.
Jubjub That poor little bug looks like his bottom is hurting. Dec 24, 2009