Meanings
plural Koran thumpers · alternative Koran-thumper · alternative Quran thumper
- derogatoryA Muslim fundamentalist, or a zealous Muslim.
I ain't no Bible thumper. Ain't no Koran thumper either.
2011, Doug Crandall, All the Good Books Tell You So, →ISBN, page 762 more examples
[…] but for all intents and purposes he's nothing more than a Koran thumper, a zealot.
2011, Brad Thor, Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #2, linkIn each cellblock, there are sixty-four two-man cells. Here you find all types—from the atheist, the Bible thumper, the Koran thumper, the Buddhist, the con artist, to the certifiably insane.
2014, Mark Crawford, A Poet Dreams, →ISBN, page 11
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From Koran + thumper, modelled on Bible thumper.
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