AMBUSHER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ambusher" is a kind of...):

aggressor; assailant; assaulter; attacker (someone who attacks)

Derivation:

ambush (wait in hiding to attack)

ambush (hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing)

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