Definition of assailant Assailant
/ʌsejˈlʌnt/ - [useylunt] - as•sail•ant
We found 8 definitions of assailant from 5 different sources.
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What does assailant mean?
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| assailant - someone who attacks | ||
| attacker, aggressor, assaulter | ||
| offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||
| ambusher an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack | ||
| avenger, retaliator someone who takes vengeance | ||
| beast, brute, savage, wildcat, wolf a cruelly rapacious person | ||
| bludgeoner an assailant who uses a bludgeon | ||
| hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, bully, tough a cruel and brutal fellow | ||
| harasser, harrier a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army" | ||
| iconoclast someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | ||
| marauder, piranha, predator, vulture someone who attacks in search of booty | ||
| night rider, nightrider member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge | ||
| raper, rapist someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse | ||
| shedder, spiller an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood" | ||
| slasher a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing | ||
| stabber someone who stabs another person | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- assailant (a.)
Assailing; attacking. - assailant (n.)
One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
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assailant
A person who attacks.
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🔤- assailant, noun, singular of assailants.
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