genocidaire

See also: génocidaire

English

Alternative forms

• génocidaire

Etymology

From French génocidaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛ.nə.siˈdɛ(ə)ɹ/

Noun

genocidaire (plural genocidaires)

1. A person involved in perpetrating a genocide, especially the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

   Synonym: genocider

   • 2008 September 21, Ally Carnwath, The Observer:

     'There are thousands of genocidaires living in EU countries, with large numbers in almost every European country including the UK,' said Rakiya Omaar, whose organisation, African Rights, has worked since the genocide to track them down.

   • 2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Public Affairs, published 2012, page 73:

     When the RPF sent him and a friend back to school in Rwanda […] his friend attacked the Hutu teacher one night, strangling him with a rope, saying that he was a génocidaire.

   • 2019, Robert Cryer, Darryl Robinson, Sergey Vasiliev, chapter 10, in An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure, Fourth edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, ‘In whole or in part’ (section 10.4.3), page 224:

     To take an example from a clear case of genocide—Rwanda—the Hutu génocidaires did not appear to want to destroy all Tutsis everywhere, but only in Rwanda.

Translations

person involved in perpetrating a genocide

• Armenian: ցեղասպան (hy) (cʻeġaspan)
• French: génocidaire (fr) m or f
• German: Génocidaire n