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assassinship

assassinship noun: the state or condition of being an assassin.

Noun

assassinship (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or condition of being an assassin.
    • Consider, for example, the domain of assassinship. Because for an assassin killing one's target is the goal around which the practice of assassinship is structured (or so it seems), […]2009, Adrian Haddock, Alan Millar, Duncan Pritchard, Epistemic Value

Origin of assassinship

From assassin + -ship.

Questions about assassinship

What does assassinship mean?
Assassinship means the state or condition of being an assassin.
What part of speech is assassinship?
Assassinship is a noun.

Words near assassinship in the dictionary

  1. assassinism
  2. assassinlike
  3. assassinous
  4. assassins
  5. Assassins of Alamut
  6. assassinship
  7. Assateague
  8. Assateague horse
  9. assation
  10. assations
  11. assault

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