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colleen (4681 words)
appears in these lists:
tocky's words, by tocky
name calling, by parody
Dain's Words, by Dain
bad guys, by markdruskoff
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A Sea of Words:
"A band of Ismaili Muslim fanatics living in Syria at the time of the Crusades whose goal was the creation of a new Fatimid caliphate. From a string of mountain fortresses, they were sent to terrorize orthodox Muslims and Christian Crusaders alike by Sheikh-al-Jabal, the Old Man of the Mountain, and subsequent leaders. The Assassins' campaign included the murder of politically important people, thus in English the term came to mean a politically motivated murderer."
(p. 93)
See also fedais.
An Ancient Arabic loanword originally meaning "hired killer".