attacker

English

Etymology

From attack +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈtækɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ækə(ɹ)

Noun

attacker (plural attackers)

1. 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.

   • 2015 March 31, Dan Goodin, “Massive denial-of-service attack on GitHub tied to Chinese government”, in Ars Technica‎^[1], retrieved 2015-04-01:

     The targets suggest the attackers are sympathetic to the vast censorship apparatus known as the Great Firewall of China.

2. (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
• cyberattacker
• 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
• Marathi: हल्लेखोर m (hallekhor)
• 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
• Swahili: mshambuliaji
• Swedish: angripare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: напа́дник m (napádnyk), напа́дниця f (napádnycja)

(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball

• Arabic: مُهَاجِم (muhājim)
• Armenian: հարձակվող (hy) (harjakvoġ)
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: cluicheadair-adhairt m
• Spanish: delantero (es) m
• Swahili: mshambuliaji
• Swedish: anfallare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: напа́дник m (napádnyk), напа́дниця f (napádnycja)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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

1. indefinite plural of attack