Definitions for Assassin

Assassin as·sas·sin

Spelling: [uh-sas-in]
IPA: /əˈsæs ɪn/

Assassin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in Assassin (aainssss).

Definitions for Assassin

noun

  1. a murderer, especially one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.
  2. (initial capital letter) one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1272, whose chief object was to assassinate Crusaders.

Origin of Assassin

1525-35; Medieval Latin assassinī (plural) Arabic ḥashshāshīn eaters of hashish

Examples for Assassin

Paul Bowles put it that way in Let It Come Down, a title taken from a Shakespearean assassin just before he strikes.

Indeed, every assassin's Creed game—aside from a small segment of one—has had a man as its center.

There was no assassin but despite the overwhelming presence of troops and FBI agents, violent incidents still occurred.

An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

And yet the paper was in his possession; and, she it was who had rescued him from the assassin's knife.

He did not proclaim the vendetta against the assassin of his father.

From the first to the last moment of her reign, she combined the courtesan with the assassin.

He felt that the family dignity was struck at by an assassin's hand.

When her bra was cut from her body, the assassin or assassins also cut off the tab on which the tiny metal clasp was affixed.

Early scenes show her in an all-white suit, ambushing an assassin.

Word Value for Assassin
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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