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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who uses, or is in favor of using, dynamite and similar explosives for unlawful purposes; specifically, a political agitator who resorts to or advocates the use of dynamite and the indiscriminate destruction of life and property for the purpose of coercing a government or a party by terror.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause

Etymologies

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to dynamite + -er

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