jihadist

plural jihadists

1. One who participates in a jihad, an Islamic holy war or conflict; a mujahid.
2. An adherent of jihadism.
3. One who is militant for their religion (or irreligion).

   […] and even later evolved into the Jewish jihadist who wrote the Book of Revelation.

   2017, Emmanuel Carrère, The Kingdom, →ISBN, page 371

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   […] only a matter of time before Christian jihadists start strapping bombs to their bodies and going off on suicide missions in the name of Jesus Christ.

   2006, Anthony Livingston Hall, The Ipinions Journal: 2005: the Year in Review, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 226

   Like Muslim jihadists, Christian jihadists such as these two are willing to sacrifice as they seek to impose their religious tyranny on others.

   2009, Robert S. McElvaine, Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America, Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 178

   […] with Christian jihadists wearing bandoliers, waving real weapons, and waging a literal flesh-and-blood incursion against teachers of false religions.

   2010, John F. MacArthur, The Jesus You Can't Ignore: What You Must Learn from the Bold Confrontations of Christ, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN

   By the end of the semester, only one radical Jewish jihadist in my study group kept being a racist pig and attacking me personally in section discussions.

   2012, Florian Homm, Rogue Financier: The Adventures of an Estranged Capitalist, FinanzBuch Verlag, →ISBN

   I was prepared to meet a radical atheist jihadist. Would we brawl right there in my hotel room? I half expected just that.

   2016, Larry Alex Taunton, The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 94

comparative more jihadist · superlative most jihadist

1. Pertaining to the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine of jihadism, which advocates armed jihad.