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ter⋅ror⋅ist

  [ter-er-ist]
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–noun
1. a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
2. a person who terrorizes or frightens others.
3. (formerly) a member of a political group in Russia aiming at the demoralization of the government by terror.
4. an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.
–adjective
5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of terrorism or terrorists: terrorist tactics.
Origin:
1785–95; terror + -ist; cf. F terroriste

Related forms:
ter⋅ror⋅is⋅tic, adjective
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ter·ror·ist   (těr'ər-ĭst)   
n.  One that engages in acts or an act of terrorism.
adj.  Of or relating to terrorism.
ter'ror·is'tic adj.
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Terrorist

Ter"ror*ist\, n. [F. terroriste.] One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France. --Burke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : terrorist
Spanish: terrorista,
German: der, *die Terrorist(in); terroristisch,
Japanese: テロリスト(の)
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