dynamitard

English

Noun

dynamitard (plural dynamitards)

  1. (archaic or historical) A political dynamiter.
    • 1901–1903, John Tanner [pseudonym; George Bernard Shaw], “[The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion] Progress an Illusion”, in Man and Superman. A Comedy and a Philosophy, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1903, →OCLC, page 204:
      Are we then to repudiate Fabian methods, and return to those of the barricader, or adopt those of the dynamitard and the assassin?
    • 2014 June, Guy Beiner, “Fenianism and the Martyrdom-Terrorism Nexus in Ireland before Independence”, in Dominic Janes, Alex Houen, editors, Martyrdom and Terrorism: Pre-Modern to Contemporary Perspectives, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 219:
      The president of the funeral committee was Thomas Clarke, a former Clan na Gael dynamitard who had been arrested in 1883, before he even commenced activities, and had served fifteen years of particularly harsh imprisonment.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dynamitard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from French dynamiteur or English dynamitard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɨ.naˈmi.tart/
  • Rhymes: -itart
  • Syllabification: dy‧na‧mi‧tard

Noun

dynamitard m pers

  1. (historical) dynamitard, dynamiter (person who uses dynamite unlawfully)

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