Assailant Definition

ə-sālənt
assailants
noun
assailants
A person who attacks another.
American Heritage
One who assails or attacks; attacker.
Webster's New World

Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.

Wiktionary

(figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

Wiktionary
adjective
Assailing; attacking.
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Other Word Forms of Assailant

Noun

Singular:
assailant
Plural:
assailants

Origin of Assailant

  • Old French asaillant, from the verb asaillir (“to jump on”), from Latin assaliō, itself from ad (“to, towards”) + saliō (“to jump”).

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