assailant

as·sail·ant  (-slnt)

n.

A person who attacks another.

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assailant [əˈseɪlənt]

n

a person who attacks another, either physically or verbally

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

assailant - someone who attacks                   aggressor, assaulter, attacker offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law ambusher - an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack avenger, retaliator - someone who takes vengeance brute, savage, wildcat, beast, wolf - a cruelly rapacious person bludgeoner - an assailant who uses a bludgeon bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough - a cruel and brutal fellow harrier, harasser - a persistent attacker; "the harassers were not members of the regular army" iconoclast - someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions marauder, piranha, predator, vulture - someone who attacks in search of booty night rider, nightrider - member of a secret mounted band in United States South after the American Civil War; committed acts of intimidation and revenge raper, rapist - someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse shedder, spiller - an attacker who sheds or spills blood; "a great hunter and spiller of blood" slasher - someone who slashes another person stabber - someone who stabs another person lapidator, stoner - an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)

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assailant

noun attacker, assaulter, invader, aggressor, assailer Other party-goers rescued the man from his assailant.

Translations

assailant [əˈseɪlənt] N → asaltante mf, agresor(a) m/f
she did not recognize her assailants → no reconoció a los que la agredieron
there were four assailants → eran cuatro los agresores

assailant [əˈseɪlənt] n → agresseur m, assaillant m

assailant

n → Angreifer(in) m(f)

assailant [əˈseɪlənt] n → assalitore/trice