Assailant
Enemy
Enemy noun - One that is hostile toward another.
Usage example: a beloved minister with no known enemies
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The audience saw her go through with it in the cold open, including a 911 call where she identifies an old enemy of hers as her "assailant".
Source: Series / Elementary -
Her assailant also overlaps with Husky Russkie.Enemy Soldier: [drunk] Now you my woman!
Source: Film / Invasion U.S.A. (1952) -
In a later scene after the commercial break, Caine pulls what is probably a Crowning Moment of Awesome by confronting his assailant, reaching around, pulling the arrow out of his back, and then contemptuously throwing the arrow at his enemy's feet.
Source: Annoying Arrows
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