assailantn.adj.

Brit.

/əˈseɪlənt/,

/əˈseɪln̩t/, U.S.

/əˈseɪlənt/

Forms: 1500s assailaunt, 1500s–1600s assaylant, 1500s–1600s assaylaunt, 1500s– assailant, 1600s assalliant, 1600s assayllant; also Scottish pre-1700 assailȝeant, pre-1700 assailyeant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French assaillant, assaillir.

Etymology: < Middle French assaillant (French assaillant ) (adjective) attacking (late 12th cent. in Old French), (noun) attacker (13th cent.), (now historical) challenger in a joust, tournament, or trial by combat (13th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 1530), use as adjective and noun of the present participle of assaillir assail v.¹; compare -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier assailer n.

A. n.

a. A person who (also occasionally a thing which) assails someone or something; an attacker.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun]

assailera1400

assailant1523

assaulter1548

setter-on1569

aggressor1585

onsetter1588

offendent1646

attacker1664

inundator1794

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who

assailera1400

assailant1523

attemptera1586

onsetter1588

grassator1602

undergoer1612

attacker1664

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by some hostile or injurious agency > that which

assailant1781

assaulter1796

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. xl/1 They within defended themselfe so valyantly that the assaylantes were fayne to drawe a backe.

1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande xx. f. 98 Suche manhoode was shewed by the assailant and defendant, that it was harde to discerne who had the better or worse.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1124 Hauing with great slaughter repulsed the assailants.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 113 So shall we passe along, And neuer stir assailants .

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 487 They..threw down Stones upon the Assaylants heads.

1743 H. Fielding Journey from this World i. x, in Misc. II. 76 That Virtue which Women are obliged to preserve against every Assailant.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 223 His most frequent assailant was the headach.

1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 341 His guards rescued him and slew all the assailants.

1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. xii. 92 He had but one object now in his mind, and that object was the kicking his assailant down the stairs.

1926 Times 27 Apr. 15/4 M. Aubert took refuge behind the door while his assailant escaped.

1972 F. Fitzgerald Fire in Lake ii. 32 Two southern politicians were shot by unknown assailants in the streets.

2006 Independent 21 June 22/2 The crime caused a national sensation at the time..but the assailant was never caught.

†b. A challenger in a joust, tournament, or trial by combat. Cf. appellant n. 1b. Obsolete (historical in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > jouster or tilter

tourneyer1303

jousterc1330

assailant1586

jostler1599

tilter1611

tournamenteer1737

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 315 Because he is the assailaunt..it lyeth in his choyce, to take eyther a Ciuill or Martiall tryall.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Preux The first time he presents himselfe, as an assailant, in the Lists.

1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times ix. 180 Spurring against the assailants, and the assailants against them.

1816 G. F. Nott Wks. Henry Howard & Sir T. Wyatt II. Gloss. 607/1 The assailant having run the stipulated courses, or struck the appointed number of blows, is said to have been ‘delivered’.

2. A hostile critic; an opponent in a controversy, argument, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic

assailant1565

animadvertiser1596

critic1598

critist1602

animadversor1618

animadverter1642

reflector1681

reflecter1686

criticizer1710

dictioneer1848

1565 A. Nowell Reproufe To Rdr. sig. B^v M. Dorman though he be a weake assaylant and sclender reasoner, yet is he a great lyar.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense Authors Apol. sig. A2, in Scepsis Scientifica My Assailant takes the Liberty to recede from my Style.

1795 Reg. Times 6 179/2 We are so frequently doomed to see the profession of moderation used only as a cloak to the most intolerant spirit of persecution, not only by the advocates, but the assailants of revealed religion.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope v. 131 He was no philosopher, and therefore an incompetent assailant of the abuses of philosophy.

1908 Biblical World June 476 He must be classed among the assailants of Holy Writ.

2005 P. O'Brien Mussolini in First World War iv. 102 Any attempt to challenge Cadorna head-on meant danger for the political assailant.

B. adj.

That assails, attacks, or is actively hostile.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > attacking

offending1552

assaulting1567

assailant1592

attacking1662

assailing1796

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > attacking

assailing1528

assailant1592

assaulting1797

assaultive1955

weaponized1988

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 138 Assailant conqueror, this braue English king.

1646 J. Vicars Magnalia Dei Anglicana 325 The Burning-Bush still unconsumed..by the incessant assailant furious flames.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1693 And as an ev'ning Dragon came, Assailant on the perched roosts.

1759 tr. G. Le Blond Mil. Engineer II. 100 To cover the assailant army against any enterprize from the garrison.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) viii. 258 Such offensive, assailant unbelief as Gibbon's and Hume's.

1869 W. Bagehot in Fortn Rev. 1 Aug. 183 His social nature—at once accessible and assailant—was just the one to take advantage of it.

1903 E. Fawcett Voices & Visions 144 Abide thou firm Against the assailant and distracting world.

2005 in S. Totten Oral & Documentary Hist. Darfur Genocide (2011) I. iv. 244 Eye-witness accounts..mention that the assailant forces are in uniform.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assailant
释义	assailantn.adj. Brit. /əˈseɪlənt/, /əˈseɪln̩t/, U.S. /əˈseɪlənt/ Forms: 1500s assailaunt, 1500s–1600s assaylant, 1500s–1600s assaylaunt, 1500s– assailant, 1600s assalliant, 1600s assayllant; also Scottish pre-1700 assailȝeant, pre-1700 assailyeant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French assaillant, assaillir. Etymology: < Middle French assaillant (French assaillant ) (adjective) attacking (late 12th cent. in Old French), (noun) attacker (13th cent.), (now historical) challenger in a joust, tournament, or trial by combat (13th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 1530), use as adjective and noun of the present participle of assaillir assail v.¹; compare -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier assailer n. A. n. 1. a. A person who (also occasionally a thing which) assails someone or something; an attacker. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] assailera1400 assailant1523 assaulter1548 setter-on1569 aggressor1585 onsetter1588 offendent1646 attacker1664 inundator1794 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who assailera1400 assailant1523 attemptera1586 onsetter1588 grassator1602 undergoer1612 attacker1664 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by some hostile or injurious agency > that which assailant1781 assaulter1796 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. xl/1 They within defended themselfe so valyantly that the assaylantes were fayne to drawe a backe. 1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande xx. f. 98 Suche manhoode was shewed by the assailant and defendant, that it was harde to discerne who had the better or worse. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 1124 Hauing with great slaughter repulsed the assailants. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 113 So shall we passe along, And neuer stir assailants . View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 487 They..threw down Stones upon the Assaylants heads. 1743 H. Fielding Journey from this World i. x, in Misc. II. 76 That Virtue which Women are obliged to preserve against every Assailant. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 223 His most frequent assailant was the headach. 1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 341 His guards rescued him and slew all the assailants. 1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. xii. 92 He had but one object now in his mind, and that object was the kicking his assailant down the stairs. 1926 Times 27 Apr. 15/4 M. Aubert took refuge behind the door while his assailant escaped. 1972 F. Fitzgerald Fire in Lake ii. 32 Two southern politicians were shot by unknown assailants in the streets. 2006 Independent 21 June 22/2 The crime caused a national sensation at the time..but the assailant was never caught. †b. A challenger in a joust, tournament, or trial by combat. Cf. appellant n. 1b. Obsolete (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > [noun] > jouster or tilter tourneyer1303 jousterc1330 assailant1586 jostler1599 tilter1611 tournamenteer1737 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 315 Because he is the assailaunt..it lyeth in his choyce, to take eyther a Ciuill or Martiall tryall. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Preux The first time he presents himselfe, as an assailant, in the Lists. 1627 W. Duncomb tr. V. d'Audiguier Tragi-comicall Hist. our Times ix. 180 Spurring against the assailants, and the assailants against them. 1816 G. F. Nott Wks. Henry Howard & Sir T. Wyatt II. Gloss. 607/1 The assailant having run the stipulated courses, or struck the appointed number of blows, is said to have been ‘delivered’. 2. A hostile critic; an opponent in a controversy, argument, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic assailant1565 animadvertiser1596 critic1598 critist1602 animadversor1618 animadverter1642 reflector1681 reflecter1686 criticizer1710 dictioneer1848 1565 A. Nowell Reproufe To Rdr. sig. B^v M. Dorman though he be a weake assaylant and sclender reasoner, yet is he a great lyar. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense Authors Apol. sig. A2, in Scepsis Scientifica My Assailant takes the Liberty to recede from my Style. 1795 Reg. Times 6 179/2 We are so frequently doomed to see the profession of moderation used only as a cloak to the most intolerant spirit of persecution, not only by the advocates, but the assailants of revealed religion. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope v. 131 He was no philosopher, and therefore an incompetent assailant of the abuses of philosophy. 1908 Biblical World June 476 He must be classed among the assailants of Holy Writ. 2005 P. O'Brien Mussolini in First World War iv. 102 Any attempt to challenge Cadorna head-on meant danger for the political assailant. B. adj. That assails, attacks, or is actively hostile. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [adjective] > attacking offending1552 assaulting1567 assailant1592 attacking1662 assailing1796 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > attacking assailing1528 assailant1592 assaulting1797 assaultive1955 weaponized1988 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 138 Assailant conqueror, this braue English king. 1646 J. Vicars Magnalia Dei Anglicana 325 The Burning-Bush still unconsumed..by the incessant assailant furious flames. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1693 And as an ev'ning Dragon came, Assailant on the perched roosts. View more context for this quotation 1759 tr. G. Le Blond Mil. Engineer II. 100 To cover the assailant army against any enterprize from the garrison. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Lit. (1878) viii. 258 Such offensive, assailant unbelief as Gibbon's and Hume's. 1869 W. Bagehot in Fortn Rev. 1 Aug. 183 His social nature—at once accessible and assailant—was just the one to take advantage of it. 1903 E. Fawcett Voices & Visions 144 Abide thou firm Against the assailant and distracting world. 2005 in S. Totten Oral & Documentary Hist. Darfur Genocide (2011) I. iv. 244 Eye-witness accounts..mention that the assailant forces are in uniform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1523
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