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/tˈɛrərɪst/ Listen

noun

Terrorist n.

One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

One who commits terrorism (2).

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Etymology of 'Terrorist'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Terrorist" Quotes from Famous Books

... them all with a motherly, anxious look, the fifth terrorist, Tanya Kovalchuk, was faint with alarm. She had never had any children; she was still young and red-cheeked, just as Sergey Golovin, but she seemed as a mother to all of them: so full of anxiety, of boundless ...

— The Seven who were Hanged • Leonid Andreyev

... furtive glance around him. The crowd which had come to gloat over the murdered Terrorist stood about whispering, with heads averted, engrossed in their own affairs. He slid his hand surreptitiously over that of the dead man. With dexterous manipulation he lifted the finger round which glistened the metal ring. Death appeared to have shrivelled the ...

— The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy

... of Great Britain. In 1948 Ireland withdrew from the British Commonwealth; it joined the European Community in 1973. Irish governments have sought the peaceful unification of Ireland and have cooperated with Britain against terrorist groups. A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, approved in 1998, was implemented ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... Juliette had remained silent, watching Merlin as any hawk would its prey. But the Terrorist, through the very coarseness of his nature, was in this case ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy