Dictionary Entry
assassin
assassin is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
- 2transitive verb
To assassinate.
- 3noun
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
"his assassins were hunted down like animals"
"assassinators of kings and emperors"
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- 4noun
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
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