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Levellers
/ ˈlɛvələz /
noun
- the Levellersthe Levellers English history a radical group on the Parliamentarian side during the Civil War that advocated republicanism, freedom of worship, etc
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The levellers insisted on an equal distribution of power and property, and disclaimed all dependence and subordination.
Your levellers wish to level down as far as 25 themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.
Multitudes of “Levellers” destroyed the loose stone dykes and slaughtered cattle.
The earliest levellers get their name because they raze not social inequalities but quickset hedges and park palings.
Signor Conte, I have heard of levellers, but I have never seen one: all are disposed to level down, but nobody to level up.
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