assailant
pronunciation
How to pronounce assailant in British English:
UK [əˈseɪlənt]
How to pronounce assailant in American English:
US [əˈselənt]
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- Noun:
- someone who attacks
Word Origin
- assailant (n.)
- 1530s, from French assailant, noun use of present participle of assailir (see assail). Earlier in same sense was assailer (c. 1400).
Example
- 1. The assailant had no respect for the victims .
- 2. On september 6th one of the world 's biggest certificate authorities , globalsign , temporarily stopped issuing them following new claims by an assailant under the name " comodo hacker " .
- 3. But after hearing overwhelming evidence from a string of witnesses , including a football coach who said king was the assailant , the jury unanimously convicted him of sexually assaulting the 20-year-old and causing actual bodily harm .