different between saboteur vs anarchist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæb??t??(?)/, /?sæb??t??(?)/

Noun

saboteur (plural saboteurs)

1. A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.

   Synonym: sabotageur

Translations

See also

• sabotage
• terrorism

Anagrams

• U-boaters, bears out, outbears

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French saboteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?.bo??tø?r/
• Hyphenation: sa?bo?teur
• Rhymes: -ø?r

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs)

1. saboteur

Related terms

• sabotage
• saboteren

French

Etymology

saboter (“to sabotage”) +? -eur, from sabot (“clog”) (where mill workers would throw their wooden clogs into the machinery to make it halt or break down.)

Pronunciation

Noun

saboteur m (plural saboteurs, feminine saboteuse)

1. saboteur

Descendants

• ? Dutch: saboteur
• ? English: saboteur

Further reading

• “saboteur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bouteras

English

Etymology

From French anarchiste, from Ancient Greek ??????? (anarkhía) from the roots ??- (an-, “without”) + ???? (arkh?, “rule”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æn.?.k?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æn.??.k?st/

Noun

anarchist (plural anarchists)

1. One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
3. (by extension) One who promotes chaos and lawlessness.

   Synonym: nihilist
4. One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.

Usage notes

• Self-identified anarchists in sense 1 may object to the use of this term in senses 2 and 3.

Related terms

• anarchy
• anarch
• anarcho-

Translations

See also

• libertarian

Adjective

anarchist (comparative more anarchist, superlative most anarchist)

1. (somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists, anarchistic.

Anagrams

• Thracians, antiarchs, anticrash, cantharis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French anarchiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.n?r?x?st/
• Hyphenation: an?ar?chist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

anarchist m (plural anarchisten, diminutive anarchistje n)

1. anarchist [from late 18th c.]

Descendants

• Afrikaans: anargis
• ? Indonesian: anarkis