Assailant

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assailant \As*sail"ant\, a. [F. assaillant, p. pr. of
     assaillir.]
     Assailing; attacking. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Assailant \As*sail"ant\, n. [F. assaillant.]
     One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an
     assailer.
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           An assailant of the church.              --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  assailant
       n : someone who attacks [syn: {attacker}, {aggressor}, {assaulter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "assailant":
     adversary, aggressor, antagonist, assailer, assaulter, attacker,
     combatant, enemy, foe, foeman, invader, mugger, opponent,
     opposing party, opposite camp, raider, the loyal opposition,
     the opposition