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assassin (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: assassinus, from Arabic hashshashin 'one who smokes hashish (and then kills religious enemies)', from hashish]
someone who murders an important person
::Kennedy's assassin is assumed to have been Lee Harvey Oswald.