noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A religious group who used hashish to create mystic visions; they later became associated with the assassination of invading Christian leaders during the Crusades; their descendants are the Khojas. plural, plural-only

Etymology

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish smokers”), from حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hashish”)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.