Definition of Assassin

Assassin

One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

To assassinate.

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Assassin Quotations

What they're not ready for is guys like you and I and Nails and all the other gnarly gnarlingtons in my life, that we are high priests, Vatican assassin warlocks. Boom. Print that, people. See where that goes.
Charlie Sheen

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
Percy Bysshe Shelley

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.
Jean Rostand

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does.
Laurell K. Hamilton

I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin.
Eddie Campbell

I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
Eddie Campbell

Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
Beilby Porteus

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
Victor Kiam

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
Alexander Cockburn

The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart.
Norman Parkinson

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Assassin Translations

assassin in French is meurtrier
assassin in Italian is attentatore, uccisore
assassin in Norwegian is snikmorder
assassin in Spanish is asesino, matador

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