(formal) a person who attacks sb, especially physically:
Police have issued a description and an artist's impression of the assailant. * He was immune to the criticisms of his assailants.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is assailant a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, assailant is tagged as noun.
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