Synonyms:
assassin, assassinator, bravo
Meaning: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"
Usage examples
An assassin, what a godsend!
We are trying to hunt down the assassin.
must he go back to Heaven unsacrificed, foiled for want of an assassin?
Ourself, behind ourself concealed, Should startle most; Assassin, hid in our apartment, Be horror's least.
I stood even as the friar who is confessing The false assassin, who, when he is fixed, Recalls him, so that death may be delayed.
Berwin--so called--was dead, his assassin had melted into thin air, and the Silent House had added a second legend to its already uncanny reputation.
The coachman humbly represented to "monsieur l'Inspecteur," that the Utrecht velvet of his carriage was all spotted with the blood of the assassinated man, and with mire from the assassin.