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Definition of: terrorist
(ter′ər·ist) noun
1. One who adopts or supports a policy of terrorism.
2. A Jacobin or Republican of the French Revolution of 1789, especially during the Reign of Terror.
3. A member of political extremist groups in czarist Russia.
4. An alarmist; a scaremonger.
—ter′ror·is′tic adjective
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