From jihad + -ist. Attested from the 1910s in the sense of "a mujahid".http://books.google.ch/books?id=LZ1VAAAAYAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=CHXKTaC3NMnJsgaKj72pAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA The adjectival sense of "pertaining to the jihadist movement" is from the 1960s.http://books.google.ch/books?id=eN4_AQAAIAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=XHXKTauaHobBswaNz_SMAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQhttp://books.google.ch/books?id=K-VxAAAAMAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=G3bKTaGTNtHLswaOndSUAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgKhttp://books.google.ch/books?id=pQJyAAAAMAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=7HXKTefaDsbDswar9-WmAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA.
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One who participates in a jihad, an Islamic holy war or conflict; a mujahid.
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An adherent of jihadism.
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One who is militant for their religion (or irreligion).
[…] 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:
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[…] 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:
[…] and even later evolved into the Jewish jihadist who wrote the Book of Revelation.2017, Emmanuel Carrère, The Kingdom, →ISBN, page 371:
From jihad + -ist. Attested from the 1910s in the sense of "a mujahid".http://books.google.ch/books?id=LZ1VAAAAYAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=CHXKTaC3NMnJsgaKj72pAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA The adjectival sense of "pertaining to the jihadist movement" is from the 1960s.http://books.google.ch/books?id=eN4_AQAAIAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=XHXKTauaHobBswaNz_SMAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQhttp://books.google.ch/books?id=K-VxAAAAMAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=G3bKTaGTNtHLswaOndSUAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgKhttp://books.google.ch/books?id=pQJyAAAAMAAJ&q=jihadist&dq=jihadist&hl=de&ei=7HXKTefaDsbDswar9-WmAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA.
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Pertaining to the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine of jihadism, which advocates armed jihad.