Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One engaged in a jihad, especially as a guerrilla warrior.
- noun One of the Muslim guerrilla warriors that resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s with the support of the United States and Pakistan.
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- noun Islam a Muslim engaging in
jihad , especially armed jihad; ajihadist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"I believe these warlords, drug dealers and corrupt people who take the name mujahid and general, these kinds of people are our enemy," he said at the time.
Suicide Bomb Kills Kandahar Mayor Dion Nissenbaum 2011
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Hearing the word mujahid, Said Abdulmanam El-Ruweity came over and said: Not a mujahid!
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The Taliban statement said the bomber in Wednesday's attack was a "mujahid" -- a holy warrior
latimes.com - News 2011
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The Taliban statement said the bomber in Wednesday's attack was a "mujahid" -- a holy warrior
latimes.com - News 2011
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The Taliban statement said the bomber in Wednesday's attack was a "mujahid" -- a holy warrior
latimes.com - News 2011
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A mujahid is a fundamentalist Muslim fighting what he considers to be a jihad, or “holy war,” literally “struggle.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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A mujahid is a fundamentalist Muslim fighting what he considers to be a jihad, or “holy war,” literally “struggle.”
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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M. DAOUD: And this is called a mujahid, a freedom fighter.
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You should have seen the smile on Datuk Kamarul Bahrin's face to see a Chinese convert take to task a so-called mujahid of Islam.
Lim Kit Siang 2010
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A Taliban spokesperson Mulla Zabihullah "mujahid" was speaking to media and claimed the responsibilty of the attack on presidential palace and other government builiding in Kabul.
Kabul under attack 2010
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