Hypertext Webster Gateway: "terrorist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Terrorist \Ter"ror*ist\, n. [F. terroriste.]
One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically,
an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the
Reign of Terror in France. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
terrorist
adj : characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially
as a political weapon); "terrorist activity"
n : a radical who employs terror as a political weapon
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