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revolutioner

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A revolutionary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1759, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition,, Book 8, p. 464, The people were divided into three parties, namely, the Williamites, the Jacobites, and the discontented revolutioners; and these factions took all opportunities to thwart, to expose, and to ridicule the measures and principles of each other: so that patriotism was laughed out of doors, as an hypocritical pretence.

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History

Etymology

From revolution + -er.