assailer

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noun

Someone who assails

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assailant
OriginMiddle English assailour ← Anglo-Norman assaillour →
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Meanings

nounassailer (plural assailers)

plural assailers

  1. datedSomeone who assails

    Synonyms: assailant

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone who assails

Similar
assailant

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanassaillour
  2. Middle Englishassailour
  3. Englishassailer

From Middle English assailour, from Anglo-Norman assaillour; equivalent to assail + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

assailer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assailer

MLA

“assailer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assailer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assailer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assailer.

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