assaulter

English

Etymology

assault +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːltə(ɹ)

Noun

assaulter (plural assaulters)

1. One who commits assault.

   Synonym: assailant

   • 1861, The Dublin University Magazine, volume 57, page 530:

     Earnest assaulters of current theories, or earnest apologists for them, should alike have conducted attack or defence, as it seems to us, upon some more concerted plan.

   • 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 138:

     "If you've been assaulted and battered," said the Mayor, "we shall have to arrest the assaulters and batterers, as well."

Anagrams

• as a result, reassault, saleratus