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Webster 1913 Edition
Assailant
As-sail′ant
,Adj.
[F.
assaillant
, p. pr. of assaillir
.] Assailing; attacking.
Milton.
As-sail′ant
,Noun.
[F.
assaillant
.] One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
An
assailant
of the church. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assailant
ASSA'ILANT
,Noun.
ASSA'ILANT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
assailant
assailant
English
Noun
assailant (plural assailants)
- Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.
- (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.
Translations
an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally
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Adjective
assailant (not comparable)
- Assailing; attacking.
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