agresseur

attacker

noun ah-greh-SEUR Rare

Origin: From agresser ('to attack'), from Latin aggressus.

Also means

aggressor

Usage Note

Agresseur refers to the person who initiates an attack, whether physical, verbal, or military. In legal contexts it is the perpetrator of an assault. The feminine form agresseure is used in Quebec; in European French the masculine form is often used generically. Related: une agression (an attack), agressif (aggressive).

Examples

"La police a arrêté l'agresseur."

Natural Translation

The police arrested the attacker.

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