The meaning of ASSASSIN is a person who commits murder; especially : one who murders a politically prominent person either for money or from fanatical adherence to a cause.

ASSASSIN definition: a murderer, especially one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons. See examples of assassin used in a sentence.

An assassin is a person who commits assassination. The origin of the term is the medieval Order of Assassins, a secretive Nizari Ismaili religious order that existed from around 1090–1275 CE and …

ASSASSIN definition: 1. someone who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or in exchange for…. Learn more.

Definition of assassin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a person who murders somebody important or famous, for money or for political reasons. He was killed by a hired assassin. …

An assassin is a person who assassinates someone. He saw the shooting and memorised the number of the assassin's car.

1. a murderer, esp. one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons. 2. (cap.) one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria c1090–1272, whose chief object …

Dec 14, 2025 · assassin (plural assassins) Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure. quotations

He's a hired assassin. [=someone hired to kill someone] the President's would-be assassin [=the person who tried to kill the President] John Wilkes Booth was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

Because of the Jewish assassins, the term also later became synonymous with an assassin or murderer. The group became most notably active under the leadership of Menahem, the grandson of …