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Noun: assailant  u'sey-lunt
  1. Someone who attacks
    "he described his mental picture of his assailant";
    - attacker, aggressor, assaulter, assailer

Derived forms: assailants

Type of: offender, wrongdoer

Encyclopedia: Assailant