Définition de « assailant » en Anglais

noun

1. Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

2. (figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.

   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne and Son and T. Cadell, Volume 5, Book 9, Chapter 3, p. 41, […] the assailants of the quill have their honour as much at heart as the assailants of the sword.

adjective

1. Assailing; attacking.