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Definitions for: Assailant
[n] someone who attacks
Webster (1913) Definition: As*sail"ant, a. [F. assaillant, p. pr. of
assaillir.]
Assailing; attacking. --Milton.
As*sail"ant, n. [F. assaillant.]
One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an
assailer.
An assailant of the church. --Macaulay.
Synonyms: aggressor, assaulter, attacker
See Also: ambusher, avenger, beast, brute, bully, harasser, harrier, hooligan, lapidator, marauder, night rider, nightrider, offender, predator, raper, rapist, retaliator, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, savage, shedder, spiller, stabber, stoner, tough, vulture, wildcat, wolf, wrongdoer, yob, yobbo, yobo
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