dynamitard

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noun

A political dynamiter.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

noundynamitard (plural dynamitards)

plural dynamitards

  1. archaichistoricalA political dynamiter.

    Are we then to repudiate Fabian methods, and return to those of the barricader, or adopt those of the dynamitard and the assassin?

    1901–1903, John Tanner [pseudonym; George Bernard Shaw], “[The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion] Progress an Illusion”, in Man and Superman. […], Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1903, →OCLC, page 204
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    The president of the funeral committee was Thomas Clarke, a former Clan na Gael dynamitard who had been arrested in 1883, before he even commenced activities, and had served fifteen years of particularly harsh imprisonment.

    2014 June, Guy Beiner, “Fenianism and the Martyrdom-Terrorism Nexus in Ireland before Independence”, in Dominic Janes, Alex Houen, editors, Martyrdom and Terrorism: Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 219

Origin

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APA

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“dynamitard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dynamitard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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