assailant

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.
2. (broadly, figuratively) A hostile critic or opponent.

Adj

Assailing; attacking.

Sinonieme

attacker

aggressor

assaulter

forward

invader

enemy

raider

mugger

front man

foe

offender

criminal

robber

shooter

striker

violator

winger

assailing enemy

provocative person

Vertalings

aggressore

assalitore

attaquant

assaillant

atacante

Angreifer

agresor

aanvaller

agresseur

agressor

assaltante

aanrander

assaltador

atacante

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˈseɪlənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old French assaillant, from the verb assaillir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“to, towards”) + salīre (“to jump”). Equivalent to assail + -ant.