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An assassin is a person who commits assassination.

The origin of the term is the medieval Order of Assassins, a secretive Nizari Ismaili religious order that existed from around 1090–1275 CE and carried out high-profile assassinations during the crusader states period.

Assassin, or variants, may also refer to:

Film and television

Assassin (Cain novel), by Tom Cain, 2008
Assassins (LaHaye novel), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim Lahaye, 1999
"L'Assassin", an 1887 short story by Guy de Maupassant
The Assassini, a 1990 novel by Thomas Gifford
The Assassins, a 1972 novel by Elia Kazan
The Assassins, a 2005 novel by Oliver North and Joe Musser
The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, a 1967 non-fiction book by Bernard Lewis
Krondor: The Assassins, a 1999 novel by Raymond E. Feist

"Assassin" (The Orb song), 1992
"Assassin", a song by John Mayer from the 2009 album Battle Studies
"Assassin", a song by Morbid Saint from the 1989 album Spectrum of Death
"Assassin", a song by Motörhead from the 1998 album Snake Bite Love
"Assassin", a song by Muse from the 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations
"Assassing", a song by Marillion from the 1994 album Fugazi
"Assassins", a song by Lightning Bolt from the 2003 album Wonderful Rainbow
"Assassins", a song by The Insane Clown Posse from the 1999 album The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
"The Assassin", a song by Iron Maiden from the 1990 album No Prayer for the Dying

Assassin (horse) (1779 – c. 1794), Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1782 Epsom Derby
The Assassin, a nickname for former American football defensive back Jack Tatum
The Assassin, a nickname for streetball player Brandon Durham
The Assassin, a ring name of professional wrestler Jody Hamilton
Assassins (professional wrestling), a wrestling tag team