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The definition of an assailant is a person who attacks and harms another physically or verbally.

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A mugger is an example of an assailant.

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See assailant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

one who assails or attacks; attacker

Origin: < Fr

See assailant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person who attacks another.

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