One who practices or advocates assassination as a method; a believer in assassination.
From assassination + -ist suffix. The -ist suffix creates nouns for people who practice a profession or hold a belief.
The -ist suffix is remarkably productive in English—we can add it to almost any noun to create 'a person who does or believes in X,' making it one of English's most efficient word-building tools.
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