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DYNAMITIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dynamitist mean?
• DYNAMITIST (noun)
The noun DYNAMITIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
Familiarity information: DYNAMITIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dynamiter; dynamitist
Hypernyms ("dynamitist" is a kind of...):
revolutionary; revolutionist; subversive; subverter (a radical supporter of political or social revolution)
Derivation:
dynamite (an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp)
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"Still waters wash out banks." (Czech proverb)