attacker

English

Etymology

attack +‎ -er

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈtækɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

Noun

attacker (plural attackers)

Someone who attacks.
- 1981, Del Martin, Battered Wives (page 90)
  […] expecting the woman to take her attacker into physical custody is tantamount to preventing the arrest. If she could handle him, she probably would not need to call the police in the first place.
- 2011, James M. Stewart, CompTIA Security+ Review Guide: Exam SY0-301 (page 133)
  In this manner, the victim may be able to discover the one or many zombied systems that are causing the DoS attack but probably won't be able to track down the actual attacker.
(soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

Synonyms

(soccer position): centre forward, forward, striker

Derived terms

counter-attacker
dictionary attacker
personal attacker
suicide attacker

Translations

someone who attacks

Afrikaans: aanvaller (af)
Arabic: مُهَاجِم‎ m (muhājim)
Catalan: atacant (ca) m or f
Czech: útočník (cs) m
Danish: angriber (da)
Dutch: aanvaller (nl) m
Finnish: hyökkääjä (fi)
German: Angreifer (de) m, Angreiferin (de) f
Hungarian: támadó (hu), támadó fél
Icelandic: vígamaður m
Irish: ionsaitheoir m
Italian: attaccante (it) m
Maori: attacker
Norwegian: angriper m
Polish: napastnik (pl) m, atakujący (pl) m, napadający m
Portuguese: agressor (pt) m, atacador (pt) m
Romanian: atacant (ro) m, atacantă (ro) f, atacator (ro) m (rare)
Russian: напада́ющий (ru) m (napadájuščij), атаку́ющий (ru) m (atakújuščij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нападач m, нападачица f
Roman: napadač (sh) m, napadačica (sh) f
Spanish: atacante m or f, asaltante m or f, agresor (es) m
Swedish: angripare (sv) c
Ukrainian: напа́дник m (napádnyk), напа́дниця f (napádnycja)

(soccer)

Arabic: مُهَاجِم‎ (muhājim)
Armenian: հարձակվող (hy) (harjakvoł)
Catalan: atacant (ca) m
Czech: útočník (cs) m
Danish: angriber (da)
Finnish: hyökkääjä (fi)
German: Stürmer (de) m, Stürmerin (de) f
Irish: ionsaitheoir m
Italian: attaccante (it) m
Norwegian: angriper m, spiss (no) m
Polish: napastnik (pl) m
Portuguese: atacante (pt) m or f
Romanian: atacant (ro) m, atacantă (ro)
Russian: напада́ющий (ru) m (napadájuščij)
Spanish: delantero (es) m
Swedish: anfallare (sv) c
Ukrainian: напа́дник m (napádnyk), напа́дниця f (napádnycja)

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Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} aanvaller (af)
French: ^{(please verify)} attaquant (fr) (1,2)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} attakkant m, ^{(please verify)} Attakkanta f

Anagrams

reattack

Swedish

Noun

attacker

indefinite plural of attack.