Revolutioner
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A revolutionary. archaic
"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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More 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."
Etymology
From revolution + -er.
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