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as·sas·sin A0470300 (ə-săs′ĭn)n.1. One who murders by surprise attack, especially one who carries out a plot to kill a prominent person.2. Assassin A member of a militant subgroup of Ismailis that in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries carried out political assassinations directed especially against Seljuk rule.3. A game in which players eliminate other players by tagging them with an innocuous object, as a sock, rubber band, or pellet from a paintball gun, until only one player remains.
[French, from Medieval Latin assassīnus, from Arabic ḥaššāšīn, pl. of ḥaššāš, hashish user, from ḥašīš, hashish; see hashish.]Word History: The history of the word assassin shows how legends can influence the development of words as powerfully as facts. European legends about a murderous, drug-crazed sect called the Assassins grew up around the Nizaris, a group of Ismaili Shi'ite Muslims that held strongholds in Iran and Syria from the 11th to the 13th century. The Nizaris opposed the rule of the Seljuk dynasty and the Abbasid caliphs, who were Sunni and regarded the Nizaris as unorthodox outcasts. Sunni accounts of the Nizaris accused them of all sorts of irreligious practices, and one term of abuse applied to the Nizaris was the Arabic word ḥaššāšīn, meaning "hashish users." Reliable sources, however, offer no evidence of hashish use by Nizaris. The Nizaris mounted resistance to this persecution, and one of their most formidable weapons against the Seljuks was the threat of sudden execution by secret agents. Attacks on several leaders among the Crusaders were also attributed to Nizari agents. When the Crusaders returned to Europe, they embellished upon what they had heard about the Nizaris from the group's enemies and told sensational stories about the ḥaššāšīn or Assassins. Marco Polo spun a tale of how young Assassins were given a potion and made to yearn for paradise—their reward for dying in action—by being given a life of sensual pleasure before their secret missions. As the legends spread, the word ḥaššāšīn passed through Italian and French and appeared in English as assassin in the 1500s, already with meanings like "treacherous killer."assassin (əˈsæsɪn) na murderer, esp one who kills a prominent political figure[C16: from Medieval Latin assassīnus, from Arabic hashshāshīn, plural of hashshāsh one who eats hashish]
Assassin (əˈsæsɪn) n (Historical Terms) a member of a secret sect of Muslim fanatics operating in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1256, murdering their victims, usually Crusadersas•sas•sin (əˈsæs ɪn)
n. 1. a murderer, esp. one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons. 2. (cap.) one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria c1090–1272, whose chief object was to assassinate Crusaders. [1525–35; < Medieval Latin assassinī (pl.) < Arabic ḥashshāshīn literally, eaters of hashish] assassin - Thought by some to derive from an Arabic word meaning "hashish user," as members of an Islamic sect in various countries during the time of the Crusades (13th century) ate hashish to intoxicate themselves before setting out to assasinate enemy leaders.See also related terms for country.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  assassin - 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"assassinator, bravopolitical science, politics, government - the study of government of states and other political unitsliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | | 2. |  assassin - a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian CrusadersMoslem, Muslim - a believer in or follower of Islam |
assassinnoun murderer, killer, slayer, liquidator, executioner, hit man (slang), eliminator (slang), hatchet man (slang) He memorized the number of the assassin's car.Translationsassassinate (əˈsӕsineit) verb to murder, especially for political reasons. The president was assassinated by terrorists. 暗殺 暗杀asˌsassiˈnation noun 暗殺 暗杀asˈsassin noun a person who assassinates. 暗殺者暗殺者，刺客 暗杀者，行刺者 Assassin
Assassin (əsăs`ĭn), European name for the member of a secret order of the Ismaili sect of IslamIslam
, [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions (with Judaism and Christianity). An adherent to Islam is a Muslim [Arab.,=one who submits].
..... Click the link for more information. . They are known as Nizaris after Nizar ibn al-Mustansir, whom they supported as caliph; the European term Assassin is derived from the Arabic for "users of hashish." The members of the order were distinguished by their blind obedience to their spiritual leader (known in the West as the Old Man of the Mountain) and by their use of murder to eliminate foes. The order was founded by Hasan ibn al-Sabbah when he gained control (c.1090) of the mountain fortress of Alamut, located S of the Caspian Sea. The order spread over Persia and Syria, gaining control of many strongholds, and it soon inspired terror throughout the Muslim world. Members were organized into strict classes, according to degree of initiation into the secrets of the order. The most important of the classes were the devotees, who sought martyrdom and were the instruments of assassination. Hasan and the grand masters who ruled the order after him wielded great political power until the coming of the Mongols. Hulagu Khan attacked and destroyed (1256) their fortresses and massacred most of the Persian branch of the sect. The Syrian branch, with which the Crusaders came in contact, suffered a similar fate at the hands of Baybars, the Mamluk sultan of Egypt. Only scattered groups of the order survived; they are said to persist today, particularly in N Syria. Tales of the Crusaders and the writings of Marco Polo brought the Assassins and the Old Man of the Mountain into European folklore. The term assassin came into English and is used today to mean murderer, particularly one who kills for political motives. Bibliography See B. Lewis, The Assassins (1967); E. Franzius, History of the Order of Assassins (1969). MedicalSeeassassinationAssassin
ASSASSIN, crim, law. An assassin is one who attacks another eithertraitorously, or with the advantage of arms or place) or of a number ofpersons who support him, and kills his victim. This being done with malice,aforethought, is murder. The term assassin is but little used in the commonlaw, it is borrowed from the civil law. ASSASSIN
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assassin
Synonyms for assassinnoun murdererSynonyms- murderer
- killer
- slayer
- liquidator
- executioner
- hit man
- eliminator
- hatchet man
Synonyms for assassinnoun a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deedSynonymsRelated Words- political science
- politics
- government
- liquidator
- manslayer
- murderer
noun a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian CrusadersRelated Words |