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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.
One who assails, attacks or assaults.

ASSA'ILANT

,
Adj.
Assaulting; attacking; invading with violence.

Definition 2024


assailant

assailant

English

Noun

assailant (plural assailants)

  1. Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

Translations

Adjective

assailant (not comparable)

  1. Assailing; attacking.
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