assassinator
Noun
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A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed (synset 109833101)
"his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"referred to in: government, political science, politics - the study of government of states and other political unitsis a type of: liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)specific instances:
- booth, john wilkes booth - United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
- lee harvey oswald, oswald - United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
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