assassin

Etymology
From either or, from  and the folkloric etymology.

The mathematical sense was introduced by, playing on the notation $$\operatorname{Ass}(M)$$ and the fact that an associated prime is the annihilator of an element, and so is said to kill that element.

Noun

 * 1)  A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.
 * 2) Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
 * 3) Any ruthless killer.
 * 4)  An  of a module.
 * 1) Any ruthless killer.
 * 2)  An  of a module.
 * 1) Any ruthless killer.
 * 2)  An  of a module.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:killer

Translations

 * Arabic: حَشَّاش
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 哈薩辛
 * Czech: asasín, hašašín
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: assassijn, Assassijn
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: аса́син
 * Persian: حشاشین
 * Polish: asasyn
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, хашаши́н
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: asasín
 * Turkish: haşhaşi
 * Welsh: asasin


 * Afrikaans: sluipmoordenaar
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, سَفَّاح, سَفَّاك, مُغْتَال
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: наёмны забо́йца
 * Bulgarian:, уби́йца, терори́ст, терори́стка, нае́мен уби́ец
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: snigmorder, snigmorderske, attentatmand, attentatkvinde, lønmorder
 * Dutch:, sluipmoordenares, , huurmoordenares
 * Esperanto: murdinto, murdintino
 * Estonian: palgamõrvar
 * Faroese: slysdrápsmaður
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: sassin
 * Galician:, asasina
 * Georgian: კილერი, დაქირავებული მკვლელი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מִתְנַקֵּשׁ, מִתְנַקֶּשֶׁת
 * Hindi: छलघाती, गुप्तघाती,, गरकट
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: launmorðingi
 * Irish: feallmharfóir
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 暗殺者,, キラー
 * Khmer: ឃាតករ
 * Korean: 암살자,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: assassīnus, percussor, sīcārius
 * Latvian: algots slepkava, slepkava
 * Macedonian: у́биец, атента́тор
 * Malay: pembunuh upahan
 * Marathi: मारेकरी, हत्यारा
 * Norman: assâsîn, assâsine
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: snikmorder, snikmorderske, attentatmann, attentatkvinne, lønnmorder
 * Nynorsk: snikmordar, attentatmann, attentatkvinne
 * Odia:
 * Old English: morþslaga
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, zamachowczyni, , skrytobójczyni
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , наёмный уби́йца
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: атѐнта̄тор
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: atentátnik, atentátnička
 * Slovene: atentator, atentatorka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: manlilingo
 * Thai: ผู้สังหาร
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: на́йманий уби́вця
 * Vietnamese: kẻ ám sát,
 * Welsh: bradlofrudd
 * Yiddish: רוצח, מערדער


 * Afrikaans: moordenaar
 * Bulgarian:, уби́йца
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:, drabsmand
 * Dutch:, , moordenaarster
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, asasina
 * Georgian: მკვლელი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: sīcārius
 * Macedonian: у́биец
 * Norman: assâsîn, assâsine
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: murtair
 * Serbo-Croatian:, убојица
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Korean:

Verb

 * 1)  To assassinate.

Etymology
From either or.

Noun

 * 1) an  or other murderer

Adjective

 * 1) deadly; fatal; that kills