Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun john_wilkes_booth

1 sense of john wilkes booth

Sense 1
Booth, John Wilkes Booth -- (United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865))
       INSTANCE OF=> actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player -- (a theatrical performer)
       INSTANCE OF=> assassin, assassinator, bravo -- (a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors")