a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
<noun.person> his assassins were hunted down like animals assassinators of kings and emperors
a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
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applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'
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Bravo \Bra"vo\, interj. [It. See {Brave}.] Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause. ※ ||
Bravo \Bra"vo\, n.; pl. {Bravoes}. [I. See {Brave}, a.] A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
Safe from detection, seize the unwary prey. And stab, like bravoes, all who come this way. --Churchill.
Holocaust survivors hugged each other and shouted "Bravo, bravo!" when an Israel judge on Monday sentenced retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk to death for Nazi war crimes.
As the Soviet president was hailed in the streets of Rome by throngs shouting, "Bravo, Mikhail, bravo!," a Soviet spokesman dismissed the 10-point plan for phased reunification of the two Germanys outlined Tuesday by Kohl.