plural assassins
plural assassins
Learner's definition of ASSASSIN
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: a person who kills someone (such as a famous or important person) usually for political reasons or for money : a person who assassinates someone（为政治目的或钱财而袭击名人要员的）暗杀者，行刺者 -
He's a hired assassin. [=someone hired to kill someone]他是被雇用的杀手。
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the President's would-be assassin [=the person who tried to kill the President]谋划刺杀总统的人
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John Wilkes Booth was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.约翰·威尔克斯·布斯刺杀了亚伯拉罕·林肯。