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Definition of Assassinator
1. Noun. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed. "Assassinators of kings and emperors"
Category relationships: Government, Political Science, Politics
Generic synonyms: Liquidator, Manslayer, Murderer
Specialized synonyms: Booth, John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Oswald
Derivative terms: Assassinate, Assassinate
Definition of Assassinator
1. n. An assassin.
Definition of Assassinator
1. Noun. An assassin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assassinator
1. [n -S]
Literary usage of Assassinator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"On the contrary, he lets the assassinator know, that his action was not only
villanous, hut cowardly and hase, and what neither can be justify'd as a Man ..."
2. The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators by David E. Herold, Benn Pitman (1865)
"... Yonder is the assassinator." Herold is on trial for his acts, and not for his
words. It is shown conclusively, in this case, that Booth, and not Herold, ..."
3. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are by John Walker (1822)
"This will be evident, by throwing Milo's argument, as used by Cicero, into the
form of a syllogism : An assassinator is lawfully killed : Clodius was an ..."
4. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and by John Walker (1801)
"An assassinator is lawfully killed: Clodius Was an assassinator: Therefore he
loas lawfully killed by Milo, ..."
5. Barat's Pronouncing, Etymological, and Pictorial Dictionary of the English by Troilokya Nath Barat (1882)
"А mur- assassinator, as-sas'sin-a-tor, ' derer, ... ASSASSINATE, as-eas'sin-ate, >
assassinator as-sas'sin-a-tor ' one who kills, or attempts to kill, ..."
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