assassinator

noun

assassinator

noun

Etymology From assassinate + -or.

1

An assassin.

  • Philip of Spain had offered a reward of 25,000 crowns, a patent of nobility, and immunity for all past crimes, to the assassinator of the Prince of Orange.1858, John M. Neale, A History of the So-called Jansenist Church of Holland, page 116:
Derived terms
assassinatress

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