От Zakalev
К ARTHURM
Дата 16.08.2006 05:47:30
Рубрики Прочее; Современность;

Наоборот -- потеряло отриц. черты растамана

Из словаря --

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=assassin

Etymology: Medieval Latin assassinus, from Arabic hashshAshIn, plural of hashshAsh worthless person, literally, hashish user, from hashIsh hashish. (Уп. гашиша)

1 capitalized : a member of a Shia Muslim sect who at the time of the Crusades was sent out on a suicidal mission to murder prominent enemies (камикадзе)

2 : a person who commits murder; especially : one who murders a politically important person either for hire or from fanatical motives (убивает VIP)

С уважением,

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