Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Nihilist

Nihilist , noun

[Compare French nihiliste. See Nihilism.]

1.
One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist.
2.
(Politics) A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions.