leveller

[ lev-uh-ler ]

noun

1. (usually initial capital letter) (during the British Civil War) a member of the Parliamentary army advocating constitutional reforms, equal rights, and religious tolerance.
2. Chiefly British. leveler.

leveller

/ ˈlɛvələ /

noun

1. a person or thing that levels
2. a person who works for the abolition of inequalities

Other Words From

• self-level·ler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of leveller¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; level + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The old leveller, Nature, is at her eternal work of rotation, turning the big wheel round.

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He was an Educationalist, and Education is the true Leveller.

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The most immediate effect upon Glen of the leveller's departure was to promote him and increase his pay.

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The eighteenth century was by no means a leveller of distinctions, but all classes met together without levelling.

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Like Mrs. Cornelys's masquerades and assemblies, Vauxhall was the great leveller of the eighteenth century.

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