assailant

== English == === Etymology === From Old French assaillant, from the verb assaillir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“to, towards”) + salīre (“to jump”). Equivalent to assail +‎ -ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈseɪlənt/ === Noun === assailant (plural assailants) Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally. Synonym: attacker (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent. 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne and Son and T. Cadell, Volume 5, Book 9, Chapter 3, p. 41,[3] […] the assailants of the quill have their honour as much at heart as the assailants of the sword. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === assailant (not comparable) Assailing; attacking. === Anagrams === Alsatians, alsatians