fedain.

Brit.

/ˌfɛdʌɪˈiː/, U.S.

/ˌfɛdaɪˈi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, fedais.

Forms: 1700s– fedai, 1800s– feday, 1800s– fedayan (plural, in sense 1, rare), 1800s– fidai, 1900s– fed'a'i (irregular), 1900s– fedaian (plural, in sense 1, rare), 1900s– fida'i.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Persian fidā'ī; Arabic fidā'ī.

Etymology: < (i) Persian fidā'ī person who risks his life for a cause, and its etymon (ii) Arabic fidā'ī (see fedayeen n.). Compare earlier assassin n.The rare plural forms fedayan and fedaian reflect the Persian plural fidā'iyān.

1. Originally: an Ismaili Muslim assassin (cf. assassin n. 1). Later also: a dedicated killer in the same tradition. Now historical.

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the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of

assassin1340

Old Man of the Mountain1579

fedai1723

thug1810

nasty man1863

Jack the Ripper1888

ripper1909

trunk murderer1925

sex killer1935

mass-murderer1943

serial murderer1947

psycho-killer1949

serial killer1967

spree killer1983

1723 J. Darby tr. S. Ali Hist. Timur-Bec I. iii. xiv. 376 The soldiers of Tocatmich, imitating the Fedais of the Ismaelites, who sacrific'd their lives at their prince's order, without fear of death, fought with so much fury.

1780 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IV. xvii. 461 He then commanded all the Fedais..who were very numerous in this country, to be put to the sword. Thus the province was freed from the disorders committed by those assassins.

1812 D. Price Chronol. Retrospect Mahommedan Hist. II. ix. 455 He was assassinated, at a place called Deybek or Debeik, by one of the Fedayan, or zealots of Almowut [= Alamut].

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 723/1 When the sheikh required the services of any of them, the selected fedais were intoxicated with hashish.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 2/1 Thousands of them became ‘fedai’, men ready to sacrifice themselves for the common good.

1921 Glasgow Herald 13 Sept. 7/2 Seventeen Fedai, otherwise reckless desperadoes, are stated to have been specially brought to Constantinople for the purpose of committing murders.

1940 M. Prawdin Mongol Empire xvii. 306 Always a Fedai could be dispatched to thrust a dagger into the heart of a sultan on some festal occasion.

1958 J. A. Boyle tr. Juvaini Hist. World-conqueror xii. 391 The Caliph also asked Jalal-ad-Din for a band of fida'is, and he sent him a body of men whom he had ordered not to deviate from whatever the Caliph commanded... He likewise sent some of the fida'is to Iraq to stab and kill Ighlamish.

1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days i. 20 They are still a very dangerous body, even though the fedais, the experts, the actual killers, amount to only a few score.

2. A member of the fedayeen (see fedayeen n.). rare.

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1973 Daily Tel. 27 Apr. 18 The ‘perfidy’ is the State of Israel, against which he wants a holy war to the last Egyptian and Syrian soldier and the last Palestinian fed'a'i.

1974 T. Le Gassick tr. H. Barakat Days of Dust iii. 174 The guerilla, the fedai, fulfils his own life by means of his own death.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fedai
释义	fedain. Brit. /ˌfɛdʌɪˈiː/, U.S. /ˌfɛdaɪˈi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, fedais. Forms: 1700s– fedai, 1800s– feday, 1800s– fedayan (plural, in sense 1, rare), 1800s– fidai, 1900s– fed'a'i (irregular), 1900s– fedaian (plural, in sense 1, rare), 1900s– fida'i. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Persian. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: Persian fidā'ī; Arabic fidā'ī. Etymology: < (i) Persian fidā'ī person who risks his life for a cause, and its etymon (ii) Arabic fidā'ī (see fedayeen n.). Compare earlier assassin n.The rare plural forms fedayan and fedaian reflect the Persian plural fidā'iyān. 1. Originally: an Ismaili Muslim assassin (cf. assassin n. 1). Later also: a dedicated killer in the same tradition. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin > types of assassin1340 Old Man of the Mountain1579 fedai1723 thug1810 nasty man1863 Jack the Ripper1888 ripper1909 trunk murderer1925 sex killer1935 mass-murderer1943 serial murderer1947 psycho-killer1949 serial killer1967 spree killer1983 1723 J. Darby tr. S. Ali Hist. Timur-Bec I. iii. xiv. 376 The soldiers of Tocatmich, imitating the Fedais of the Ismaelites, who sacrific'd their lives at their prince's order, without fear of death, fought with so much fury. 1780 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IV. xvii. 461 He then commanded all the Fedais..who were very numerous in this country, to be put to the sword. Thus the province was freed from the disorders committed by those assassins. 1812 D. Price Chronol. Retrospect Mahommedan Hist. II. ix. 455 He was assassinated, at a place called Deybek or Debeik, by one of the Fedayan, or zealots of Almowut [= Alamut]. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 723/1 When the sheikh required the services of any of them, the selected fedais were intoxicated with hashish. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 2/1 Thousands of them became ‘fedai’, men ready to sacrifice themselves for the common good. 1921 Glasgow Herald 13 Sept. 7/2 Seventeen Fedai, otherwise reckless desperadoes, are stated to have been specially brought to Constantinople for the purpose of committing murders. 1940 M. Prawdin Mongol Empire xvii. 306 Always a Fedai could be dispatched to thrust a dagger into the heart of a sultan on some festal occasion. 1958 J. A. Boyle tr. Juvaini Hist. World-conqueror xii. 391 The Caliph also asked Jalal-ad-Din for a band of fida'is, and he sent him a body of men whom he had ordered not to deviate from whatever the Caliph commanded... He likewise sent some of the fida'is to Iraq to stab and kill Ighlamish. 1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days i. 20 They are still a very dangerous body, even though the fedais, the experts, the actual killers, amount to only a few score. 2. A member of the fedayeen (see fedayeen n.). rare. ΚΠ 1973 Daily Tel. 27 Apr. 18 The ‘perfidy’ is the State of Israel, against which he wants a holy war to the last Egyptian and Syrian soldier and the last Palestinian fed'a'i. 1974 T. Le Gassick tr. H. Barakat Days of Dust iii. 174 The guerilla, the fedai, fulfils his own life by means of his own death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1723
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