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Meanings of assailant in English

Portuguese
assaltante
Catalan
atacant
Spanish
atacante

A person who attacks.

        assaltante
        Usage of assailant in English
        1
        As General Butler was the assailant in this case, Mr. Robinson said:
        The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885
        2
        The assailant was then run down by an Israeli motorist and arrested.
        Reuters
        3
        Hassan said the assailant was not representative of immigrants from war-torn Somalia.
        Reuters
        4
        The first assailant said, 'Walk straight out of the hall -now.'
        Carte Blanche
        5
        That maybe she had escaped from an abductor or assailant, Daniel said.
        Tell me, pretty maiden
        6
        Youth and a vigorous constitution successfully resisted the attacks of the assailant.
        Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
        7
        Such attacks are apt to deprave both the assailant and the assailed.
        The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
        8
        And the eyes of witches are said to be assailant and hurtful:-
        Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 03
        9
        The Princess was now mounted on the horse of their deceased assailant.
        Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
        10
        Harlson had but one thought: to overmaster in some way his assailant.
        A Man and a Woman
        11
        Such fairs have eclipsed the biennial assailant presentation mechanisms of the moment.
        The new yorker
        12
        If so, Dryden had moved swiftly to try and reassure his assailant.
        The coldest blood
        13
        The blade lashed behind him, where the final assailant had been lunging.
        Empire in black and gold
        14
        Wilfrid had a sudden gleam of the face of his Verona assailant.
        Vittoria — Volume 6
        15
        He snatched the revolver from his belt and fired at his assailant.
        Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim / Se...
        16
        Relentlessly he bore his assailant to the ground and raised his knife.
        Diane of the Green Van
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        atacante
        Assailant through the time
        Assailant across language varieties
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