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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who attacks;
[syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Assailant \As*sail"ant\, a. [F. assaillant, p. pr. of
   assaillir.]
   Assailing; attacking. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Assailant \As*sail"ant\, n. [F. assaillant.]
   One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an
   assailer.
   [1913 Webster]

         An assailant of the church.              --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

assailant
    n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor,
         assailant, assaulter]