jihadi

[ ji-hah-dee ]

noun

1. an Islamic fundamentalist who participates in or supports jihad, especially armed and violent confrontation.

jihadi

/ dʒɪˈhædɪ /

noun

1. Islam
   1. a person who takes part in a jihad
   2. ( as modifier )

      jihadi groups

Word History and Origins

Origin of jihadi¹

From Arabic jihādi, from jihād “struggle”; jihad

Example Sentences

By the time the Soviet forces withdrew in 1989, Pakistan was crawling with battle-hardened jihadis and saddled with an infrastructure of Islamist fundamentalism that had taken on a life of its own.

From Time

We marched into Mesopotamia, exactly as predicted in jihadi prophesies.

From Time

The fighting in the Donbass region offers them training, combat experience, international contacts and a sense of themselves as warriors, a theater reminiscent of Syria or Afghanistan for jihadis.

From ProPublica

We’ve been so laser-focused on jihadis for 20 years that we basically ignored this threat that has grown on our own soil.

From Washington Post

“They are on par with the jihadis, if not worse,” says Soufan, who was involved in the hunt for bin Laden during his service in the FBI.

From Time

Welcome to Jihadi Marriage Bureau - We help American girls find new husbands by making them widows!

From The Daily Beast

It is assuredly not by mimicking the Gellars and Spencers of the world, thereby effectively becoming an anti-Jihadist Jihadi.

From The Daily Beast

Lewthwaite is believed to have married another suspected British Jihadi, Habib Saleh Ghani.

From The Daily Beast

That some of the most radical and violent Jihadi groups denounced its formation is a good sign.

From The Daily Beast