leveller
Americannoun
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(usually initial capital letter) (during the British Civil War) a member of the Parliamentary army advocating constitutional reforms, equal rights, and religious tolerance.
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Chiefly British. leveler.
noun
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a person or thing that levels
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a person who works for the abolition of inequalities
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After the Piggate story broke, an online article published by The Leveller attracted a lot of attention.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2015
A Lazer Leveller, for example, costs more than $6,000.
From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2014
He belongs, as one commentator noted, to the English tradition of radical nonconformism — the title is taken from a 17th-century Leveller pamphlet.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2012
A documentary filled with remarkable stories, such as that of Leveller "Freeborn" John Lilburne, the victim of an early take on extraordinary rendition, who challenged being arbitrarily banged up by the Commonwealth authorities.
From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2012
"Ay, man, James, that's noble!" exclaimed some brother Leveller, who retailed the sayings of the weaver at second hand.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
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