HyperDic: assassinator

English > 1 sense of the word assassinator:
NOUNperson assassinator, assassin, bravoa murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
English > assassinator: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
Example "assassinators of kings and emperors"
Synonymsassassin, bravo
Categorypolitics, political science, governmentThe study of government of states and other political units
InstancesBooth, John Wilkes BoothUnited States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
Oswald, Lee Harvey OswaldUnited States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
Broadermurderer, liquidator, manslayerA criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
Spanishasesina, asesino a sueldo, asesino, assassinator, bravo, sicario
Catalanassassí a sou, assassí, assassinator, sicari
Verbsassassinatemurder

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