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Definition of Assailants
1. assailant [n] - See also: assailant
Literary usage of Assailants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"... assailants are what are called politicians (ie, the assailants of the bank)."
Such is the temper and style in which the President of the United States ..."
2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"Here, then, was exactly the kind of cover which the assailants needed, for if
this steep bank could be seized and lined for a few minutes by their ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"Who were these assailants ? Probably also din* ing to the carnivorous branch of
this order. One of ti known of them is the megalosaurus, an animal of about ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... of men who take part in the administration of the Poor-law is no longer that
of the guardians who saved the New Poor-law from its fierce assailants. ..."
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