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assassin.

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əˈsæsɪn/UK

  1. Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

  2. Any ruthless killer.

  3. A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.

    capitalized · historical · usually

  4. An associated prime of a module.

    humorous
Where this word comes from

From either French assassin or Italian assassino, from Arabic أَسَاسِيِّين (ʔasāsiyyīn, “people who are faithful to the foundation [of the faith]”) and the folkloric etymology Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users; low-lives”). The mathematical sense was introduced by Bourbaki, playing on the notation operatorname Ass(M) and the fact that an associated prime is the annihilator of an element, and so is said to kill that element.

verb/əˈsæsɪn/UK

  1. To assassinate.

    nonstandard
Where this word comes from

From either French assassin or Italian assassino, from Arabic أَسَاسِيِّين (ʔasāsiyyīn, “people who are faithful to the foundation [of the faith]”) and the folkloric etymology Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users; low-lives”). The mathematical sense was introduced by Bourbaki, playing on the notation operatorname Ass(M) and the fact that an associated prime is the annihilator of an element, and so is said to kill that element.

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