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单词 assassin
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
as•sas•sin /əˈsæsɪn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. someone who murders for hire or from fanaticism.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
as•sas•sin  (ə sasin),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a murderer, esp. one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.
  2. World History(cap.) one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria from about 1090 to 1272, whose chief object was to assassinate Crusaders.
  • Arabic ḥashshāshīn eaters of hashish
  • Medieval Latin assassinī (plural)
  • 1525–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
assassin /əˈsæsɪn/ n
  1. a murderer, esp one who kills a prominent political figure
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin assassīnus, from Arabic hashshāshīn, plural of hashshāsh one who eats hashish
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