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Definition of Revolutionist
1. Noun. A radical supporter of political or social revolution.
Specialized synonyms: Counter-revolutionist, Counterrevolutionary, Counterrevolutionist, Dynamiter, Dynamitist, Girondin, Girondist, Freedom Fighter, Insurgent, Insurrectionist, Rebel
Generic synonyms: Radical
Specialized synonyms: Charlotte Corday, Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte Corday D'armont, Danton, Georges Jacques Danton, Che Guevara, Ernesto Guevara, Guevara, Mao, Mao Tsetung, Mao Zedong, Jean Paul Marat, Marat, Jose Julian Marti, Marti, Karl Marx, Marx, Comte De Mirabeau, Honore-gabriel Victor Riqueti, Mirabeau, Maxmillien Marie Isidore De Robespierre, Robespierre, Leon Trotsky, Lev Davidovich Bronstein, Trotsky, Doroteo Arango, Francisco Villa, Pancho Villa, Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Zapata, Chou En-lai, Zhou En-lai
Derivative terms: Revolutionary, Revolution, Revolution, Revolutionism, Subversive, Subvert
Definition of Revolutionist
1. n. One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.
Definition of Revolutionist
1. Noun. A person who revolts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revolutionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revolutionist
Literary usage of Revolutionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twentieth Century Socialism: What it is Not; what it Is; how it May Come by Edmond Kelly (1910)
"These two views are conveniently described as revolutionist and evolutionist.
Let us study the revolutionist point of view first: (6) The revolutionist ..."
2. Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1903)
"For the continental type of revolutionist he had, indeed, a cordial detestation.
He hated appeals to physical force and general attacks on property; ..."
3. Russian Sociology: A Contribution to the History of Sociological Thought and by Julius Friedrich Hecker (1915)
"... Memoirs of a revolutionist." Although educated as an aristocrat and at one
time an officer in the Russian army, in 1872 he joined the revolutionists. ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"... French revolutionist and minister of police, VII. 344. ... Antoine Quentin [foo-kya-
tä^-veel], French revolutionist, VII. 351. ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"To the child of a revolutionist; poem. Cent 91: 295 D '15 Victory of the beet-fields;
poem. Cent 90:117 Speculation on the stock exchanges and public ..."
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