assailern.

Brit.

/əˈseɪlə/, U.S.

/əˈseɪlər/

Forms:

α. Middle English 1600s assailour, Middle English–1500s assaylour; Scottish pre-1700 assailȝeour, pre-1700 assailyeour, pre-1700 assailyour.

β. Middle English assailere, Middle English– assailer, 1500s–1600s assayler; also Scottish pre-1700 assalȝear.

γ. 1500s–1600s assailor, 1600s assaylor.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French assailour.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman assailour, Middle French assailleur assailant, attacker (early 13th cent. in Old French) < assaillir assail v.¹ + -our , -eur -or suffix.With the β. and γ. forms compare -er suffix¹ and -or suffix.

A person who assails someone or something, an assailant.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun]

assailera1400

assailant1523

assaulter1548

setter-on1569

aggressor1585

onsetter1588

offendent1646

attacker1664

inundator1794

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who

assailera1400

assailant1523

attemptera1586

onsetter1588

grassator1602

undergoer1612

attacker1664

a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 90 Þis londe is departed in þre... Þe wynners þo ben þe commune poeple... Þe defendoures þat ben þise grete Lordes... Þe assailours þat is þe clergie þat schulde teche boþe þat on & þat oþer þe lawȝe of god & chastise hem ȝif þat hij duden amysse.

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 69 (MED) Þi principal aduersarie..wheþer þei ben hastyf assaileres oþer slye.

1537 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 177 All infestacioune..of hostile assalȝearis or brokin personis.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxi. sig. Cc6 Palladius..so pursued our assaylers.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions ii. i. 99 If neither perswasion, nor the shifting (what we may) our station, can abate any thing of the rage of the assailer, death must.

1672 T. Jacombe Several Serm. Rom. viii. 185 If the Town..yields upon the first Summons, 'tis a sign that the Assailers are very strong.

1729 Unreasonableness of imprisoning Body for Debt 23 Nature will teach him to take the Assailer for his capital Enemy.

1798 M. Charlton Phedora III. vii. 318 The populace enraged at the haughty deportment of their assailer, had begun to resist his chastisement.

1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram III. v. ii. 118 Livid was the glare that shot from the Student's eye upon his assailer.

1876 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence vi. 155 A besieging king or other potent assailer.

1910 R. Sabatini Mistress Wilding xix. 268 Cries and screams from the assailed and the shouts of the assailers.

1962 Phi Delta Kappan 43 417/1 We have opened a Pandora's box, out of which creep..the assailers of ‘impure thoughts’.

2013 Minaret (Tampa, Florida) (Nexis) 3 Oct. 1 Moralez..did not live to see the day her assailer came out of jail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assailer
释义	assailern. Brit. /əˈseɪlə/, U.S. /əˈseɪlər/ Forms: α. Middle English 1600s assailour, Middle English–1500s assaylour; Scottish pre-1700 assailȝeour, pre-1700 assailyeour, pre-1700 assailyour. β. Middle English assailere, Middle English– assailer, 1500s–1600s assayler; also Scottish pre-1700 assalȝear. γ. 1500s–1600s assailor, 1600s assaylor. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French assailour. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman assailour, Middle French assailleur assailant, attacker (early 13th cent. in Old French) < assaillir assail v.¹ + -our , -eur -or suffix.With the β. and γ. forms compare -er suffix¹ and -or suffix. A person who assails someone or something, an assailant. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] assailera1400 assailant1523 assaulter1548 setter-on1569 aggressor1585 onsetter1588 offendent1646 attacker1664 inundator1794 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who assailera1400 assailant1523 attemptera1586 onsetter1588 grassator1602 undergoer1612 attacker1664 a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 90 Þis londe is departed in þre... Þe wynners þo ben þe commune poeple... Þe defendoures þat ben þise grete Lordes... Þe assailours þat is þe clergie þat schulde teche boþe þat on & þat oþer þe lawȝe of god & chastise hem ȝif þat hij duden amysse. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 69 (MED) Þi principal aduersarie..wheþer þei ben hastyf assaileres oþer slye. 1537 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. 177 All infestacioune..of hostile assalȝearis or brokin personis. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxi. sig. Cc6 Palladius..so pursued our assaylers. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions ii. i. 99 If neither perswasion, nor the shifting (what we may) our station, can abate any thing of the rage of the assailer, death must. 1672 T. Jacombe Several Serm. Rom. viii. 185 If the Town..yields upon the first Summons, 'tis a sign that the Assailers are very strong. 1729 Unreasonableness of imprisoning Body for Debt 23 Nature will teach him to take the Assailer for his capital Enemy. 1798 M. Charlton Phedora III. vii. 318 The populace enraged at the haughty deportment of their assailer, had begun to resist his chastisement. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram III. v. ii. 118 Livid was the glare that shot from the Student's eye upon his assailer. 1876 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence vi. 155 A besieging king or other potent assailer. 1910 R. Sabatini Mistress Wilding xix. 268 Cries and screams from the assailed and the shouts of the assailers. 1962 Phi Delta Kappan 43 417/1 We have opened a Pandora's box, out of which creep..the assailers of ‘impure thoughts’. 2013 Minaret (Tampa, Florida) (Nexis) 3 Oct. 1 Moralez..did not live to see the day her assailer came out of jail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1400
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