jihadist
noun
ji·had·ist
ji-ˈhä-dist 
chiefly British -ˈha-
: a Muslim who advocates or participates in a jihad
jihadist
adjective
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Qassam was a jihadist and had already waged war against Italians in Libya.
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
At least 89 Christians have been slaughtered by jihadists in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, no meaningful or legitimate local capacity is being developed to meet the surging jihadist threat or to confront any of the governance failures driving it.
—Alia Brahimi, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
By 2018, Assad had control of Damascus and Aleppo, and the rebels were confined to a jihadist ministate in Idlib.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
At least 89 Christians have been slaughtered by jihadists in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, no meaningful or legitimate local capacity is being developed to meet the surging jihadist threat or to confront any of the governance failures driving it.
—Alia Brahimi, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
By 2018, Assad had control of Damascus and Aleppo, and the rebels were confined to a jihadist ministate in Idlib.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Jihadist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jihadist. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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