Plural of assassin
regular plural
The plural of assassin is assassins.
Forms of assassin
| Singular | assassin /əˈsæsɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | assassins /əˈsæsɪnz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Assassins in a sentence
- I know the value of time, if these scoundrelly assassins are to be caught and punished.1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links. From the entry scoundrelly
- His Valkyries wheeled right, plowing into Xander’s jet-packed goblin assassins.2012, Derek Benz, J. S. Lewis, Grey Griffins: The Paragon Prison, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN. From the entry jet-packed
- Trained assassins shoot people in the head, and that should be a relatively painless way to bite the biscuit.2007, Jack Henderson, Circumference of Darkness, →ISBN, page 199. From the entry bite the biscuit
- He sent silent-knived assassins by night to the Ammonite captains.1981, Amos Oz, Where the Jackals Howl and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.; London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 207. From the entry knived
- “I ain’t sharing my room with assassins.1911, Hugh Pendexter, The Young Timber-cruisers; or, Fighting the Spruce Pirates, =chapter 2. From the entry hoe one's row
Meaning of assassin
- noun Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
- noun Any ruthless killer.
- noun A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.
Questions about the plural of assassin
- What is the plural of assassin?
- The plural of assassin is assassins.
- Is assassin countable?
- Assassin is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: assassin (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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