petroleurn.
/ˌpɛtrɒˈləː/, U.S. /ˌpɛtrəˈlər/ A person who uses petrol to set fire to a building or other property. Cf. petroleuse n.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > arson > one guilty of > specific
petroleuse1871
petroleur1875
petrolist1890
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > setting on fire or alight > incendiarism > an incendiary
make-fire1560
burn-grange1568
firer1576
incendiary1606
cendiary1624
conflagrator1641
fire-raiser1678
firesetter1831
arsonist1848
arsonite1859
petroleuse1871
petroleur1875
petrolist1890
torch1938
1875 Appletons' Jrnl. 2 Jan. 11/3 A class of beings designated by the writer..as..‘petroleurs’, or rascals, whose weapon is the oil of Titusville.
1887 Pall Mall Budget 27 Jan. 8/2 No wretched shieling in Glenbeigh..levelled to the earth by the pétroleurs of the mortgagee.
1902 Daily Chron. 13 May 6/6 His looks suggested the pétroleur more than the littérateur.
1989 M. Norman These Good Men iv. 104 The side he liked to show most was the reckless, unpredictable incendiary, the petroleur.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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