English Dictionary

JIHADIST

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Overview

JIHADIST (noun)
  The noun JIHADIST has 1 sense:

1. a Muslim who is involved in a jihadplay

  Familiarity information: JIHADIST used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


JIHADIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Muslim who is involved in a jihad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Jihadist" is a kind of...):

Moslem; Muslim (a believer in or follower of Islam)

Derivation:

jihad (a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal)


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