1. Adjective
A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
2. Interjection
Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.
3. Noun
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"
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