different between attacker vs aggressor

English

Etymology

attack +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??tæk?/
• Rhymes: -æk?(r)

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.

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

Translations

Anagrams

• reattack

Swedish

Noun

attacker

1. indefinite plural of attack

English

Alternative forms

• aggressour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”)

Noun

aggressor (plural aggressors)

1. The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Translations

Danish

Noun

aggressor c (singular definite aggressoren, plural indefinite aggressorer)

1. aggressor

Declension

Further reading

• “aggressor” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Etymology

From aggredior (“attack, assault”) +? -tor (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a???res.sor/, [ä???r?s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a???res.sor/, [????r?s??r]

Noun

aggressor m (genitive aggress?ris); third declension

1. attacker, assailant, aggressor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: agressor
• English: aggressor
• French: agresseur
• Italian: aggressore
• Portuguese: agressor
• Spanish: agresor

References

• aggressor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aggressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette