assassin (n)
assassinator (n)
bravo (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
examples his assassins were hunted down like animals
assassinators of kings and emperors
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Hypernym murderer, liquidator, manslayer
Domain of synset - TOPIC politics, political science, government
Derivationally related form assassinator → assassinate
Derivationally related form assassin → assassinate
Instance Hyponym Booth, John Wilkes Booth; Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald
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Member of this domain - TOPIC politics, political science, government
Hyponym murderer, liquidator, manslayer
Instance Hypernym Booth, John Wilkes Booth; Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald
Derivationally related form assassinate → assassin
Derivationally related form assassinate → assassinator

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