superterrorist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ terrorist

Noun[edit]

superterrorist (plural superterrorists)

  1. A powerful, influential terrorist.
    • 2008 June 6, William Glaberson, “Arraigned, 9/11 Defendants Talk of Martyrdom”, in New York Times[1]:
      But it was also the first public appearance by Mr. Mohammed, who has long cast himself in the role of superterrorist, claiming responsibility in the past not only for the 2001 plot, but for some 30 others, including the murder of Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal.