"terrorizer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: terrorizers [plural], terroriser [alternative]
Etymology: From terrorize + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|terrorize|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From terrorize + -er., {{ety|en|:af|terrorize|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *troseō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorlbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English terrorize Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English terrorizer From terrorize + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} terrorizer (plural terrorizers)
  1. Someone who terrorizes, who induces terror, a terror. Related terms: terrorist

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