Meaning of assassinee | Babel Free

Definitions

One who is assassinated.

humorous, nonstandard, often

Equivalents

Examples

“In some ways I regret⟳ the failure to arrive⟳ at a definite conclusion, but it has provided me with an extremely interesting list of suicides and assassinees that includes such great names as Hannibal, [Julius] Cæsar, [Thomas] More, [Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of] Strafford, [Robert] Clive, [Maximilien] Robespierre and [Robert Stewart, Viscount] Castlereagh.”

“The general rule⟳, I suppose⟳, is that if the assassinee is deep enough sunk in turpitude the assassin may secure an honourable place⟳ in history.”

“On entering the city room, I was met by the managing editor, who asked me if I knew that the assassinee’s brother-in-law owned the money behind the paper. The family had had the story jerked, and had managed to keep⟳ it out of every other paper in the city.”

“"Who was it?" / "They haven't caught him yet." / "I mean⟳ the—the assassinee." / "Nobody important. But he looked like⟳ the Minister. Where did you have⟳ supper?"”

“On the even brighter side, if the rubbed-out would-be reader were a person of some note⟳, the assassination might merit some free widespread publicity resulting in a rush⟳ to buy⟳ and read⟳ what was so thoughtfully tucked under the armpit of the assassinee at the moment the fatal bullet struck home.”

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