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Levellers

British  
/ ˈlɛvələz /

noun

  1. 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 hippy-heavy crowd at Glastonbury were in thrall to the Levellers: swelled by gatecrashers, this is possibly the biggest-ever Glastonbury headliner crowd, estimated at 300,000 people.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2020

After Charles I was overthrown and beheaded, the Levellers and the Diggers pushed for radical equality and an end to land ownership—objectives that by the play’s end it is painfully clear they will not achieve.

From Slate • May 7, 2018

Into this debate plunge the members of three new radical groups: the Diggers, the Ranters and the Levellers.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2018

Q:What is the best part of being The Levellers now as opposed to then?

From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2016

These found the doctrines of the Levellers more to their taste than the more moderate schemes of Cromwell, Ireton, and the "grandees."

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles