jihadist

noun

ji·​had·​ist ji-ˈhä-dist 

 chiefly British  -ˈha-

: a Muslim who advocates or participates in a jihad

jihadist adjective

Examples of jihadist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The filmmakers are smart in allowing that impression to resonate unfiltered, ending not with the relief of rescue and the release of tension, but with the Iraqi occupants cautiously stepping out into what’s left of their home as jihadists regroup on the empty street. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025

Radical jihadists, according to Georgios, were responsible for the vandalism. —Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025

But underneath this genteel surface are bitter divisions that erupted just as the institution struggled to recover from the worst event ever to happen on its campus, when Salman Rushdie was nearly killed onstage by a knife-wielding jihadist in August 2022. —Christopher Maag, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025

The Democratic Republic of Congo is 95% Christian, yet the faithful are being targeted by jihadists. —Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for jihadist

• blastocyst
• bolshevist
• coexist
• egoist
• hedonist
• nativist
• oculist
• reminisced
• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• checklist