An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ASSAILANT
attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
(noun) someone who attacks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
assailant (plural assailants)
Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally; an attacker.
(figuratively, by extension) A hostile critic or opponent.
Adjective
assailant (not comparable)
Assailing; attacking.
Anagrams
• Alsatians, alsatians
Source: Wiktionary
As*sail"ant, a. Etym: [F. assaillant, p. pr. of assaillir.]
Definition: Assailing; attacking. Milton.
As*sail"ant, n. Etym: [F. assaillant.]
Definition: One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer. An assailant of the church. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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