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Noun: assassin  u'sa-sin
  1. Someone who murders by sudden or secret attack, especially of a prominent person
    "his assassins were hunted down like animals";
    - assassinator, bravo
     
  2. A member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
    "The assassin infiltrated the Crusader camp under cover of darkness"

Derived forms: assassins

Type of: liquidator, manslayer [archaic], Moslem, murderer, Muslim

Encyclopedia: Assassin