assailant
11assailant — UK [əˈseɪlənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms assailant : singular assailant plural assailants formal someone who violently attacks another person …
12assailant — noun (C) formal someone who attacks another person: Ms Hervey states that she could not see her assailant s face …
13assailant — noun he recognized his assailant Syn: attacker, mugger, assaulter …
14assailant — noun see assail …
15assailant — /euh say leuhnt/, n. 1. a person who attacks. adj. 2. Archaic. assailing; attacking; hostile. [1525 35; < MF assaillant. See ASSAIL, ANT] * * * …
16assailant — noun a) Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker. b) A hostile critic or opponent …
17assailant — Synonyms and related words: adversary, aggressor, antagonist, assailer, assaulter, attacker, combatant, enemy, foe, foeman, invader, mugger, opponent, opposing party, opposite camp, raider, the loyal opposition, the opposition …
18assailant — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. attacker, assaulter, antagonist, mugger; see attacker . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. attacker, assaulter, accoster, molester, mugger, aggressor, adversary, enemy, foe. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who starts a… …
19assailant — as|sai|lant [əˈseılənt] n formal someone who attacks another person = ↑attacker …
20assailant — as|sail|ant [ ə seılənt ] noun count FORMAL someone who violently attacks another person …