sicariann.
/sɪˈkɛːrɪən/ rare.
An assassin. Also attributive or as adj.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin
banea800
murthereOE
quellerOE
manslaughta1225
manquellec1275
murderer1340
Cainc1380
drepera1400
sicariana1400
murder mana1450
interfector1450
murdrier1481
murdresara1500
assassin1531
cut-throat1535
cutter1569
baner1605
brave1606
bravo1609
dagger-mana1616
assassinate1621
assassinator1651
sword-taker1660
assassinant1662
banesman1870
hatchet man1876
murdermonger1900
hit-man1970
mechanic1972
contract killer1980
a1400 N.T. (Paues) Acts xxi. 38 [He] ledde into deserte foure þowsande of men sicaryens. (Sicariens wore men þat maden fauchons or lytel swerdes.)
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vi. 33 4 Sicarians..slu..Becket.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life Christ II. lx. 362 In a nation which produced the sicarii, Pilate had given a fatal precedent of sicarian conduct.
Derivatives
siˈcarious adj. rare.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [adjective] > characteristic of murder
murderousa1616
sicarious1811
1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 65 236 These prejudices..may occasion Sicilian vespers, and expose to sicarious destruction every British resident.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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