[ter-er-ist] 
| 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. |
| 5. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of terrorism or terrorists: terrorist tactics. |
| 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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