See Also: seminarist(1)(dictionary)
seminarist(2)(dictionary)

assassin (oh) and seminarist(2) (iou)


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.

seminarist(2) (iou)



seminarist noun2. M19.
[from SEMINAR + -IST.]
A member of or participant in a seminar.