curious usage note

[ronbutters at AOL.COM]

The first edition of NOAD does not have JIHADIST or JIHADIST at all. There is no usage note or labeling, but an "informal" (metaphorical) definition reads " a single- minded or obsessive campaign," with the illustrative sentence, "the quest for greater sales became a jihad."

Does the free third edition online have ANY usage notes, or do you have to pay extra ( or buy the paper copy)?

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On Mar 31, 2011, at 12:22 AM, Jeff Prucher <jprucher at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> The latest edition of NOAD has no usage note for "jihadist". So someone(s) at
> NOAD (or, more likely, NODE) decided they didn't need it anymore. Whether this
> is because they found they couldn't support the statements, needed the space for
> something else, changed their policies about usage notes, or something else, I
> wouldn't guess.

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