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assailer|əˈseɪlə(r)|
Forms: 4–6 assailyeour, -ȝeour, -your, 5 assailour, 6 assayler, 7– assailer.
[a. OF. assailleor, -eur, n. of agent f. assaillir: see assail v. and -er.]
One who assails, an assailant.
1375Barbour Bruce ii. 541 Quhar the assailyeours [v.r. assailyours, -ȝeis] all Entryt and dystroyit the tour. 1475Bk. Noblesse (1860) 5 They bring assailours uppon this lande. 1580Sidney Arcadia (1622) 181 Palladius so pursued our assaylers. 1672T. Jacomb Comm. Rom. viii. (1868) 117 If the town..yields upon the first summons, it is a sign that the assailers are very strong. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Mak. Flor. vi. 155 A besieging king or other potent assailer. |