Lilburne

British  

/ ˈlɪlˌbɜːn /

noun

1. John. ?1614-57, English Puritan pamphleteer and leader of the Levellers, a radical group prominent during the Civil War

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Example Sentences

She also confirmed that the cloak she wore for the visit was steeped in British free-speech history and referenced 17th-century political figures John Lilburne and Richard Cromwell.

From Los Angeles Times

She tweeted a link to a Wikipedia page for John Lilburne, an English Leveller who was a friend of Cromwell but whose opposition to the policies of his regime led to his trial for sedition in 1649.

From The Guardian

Among the events a comic anthology will celebrate Tyneside’s radical civil rights history, which includes John Lilburne, who in the 17th century coined the phrase “free born rights”, influencing the constitution of the US; suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, who died after being hit by the king’s horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby; “Red” Ellen Wilkinson, Labour MP for Middlesbrough East in the 1920s; and the Jarrow marchers.

From The Guardian

Holding a lager between fingers tattooed "Freeborn", in tribute to Sunderland's 17th-century "leveller" Freeborn John Lilburne, Turner certainly doesn't look like a Tory.

From The Guardian

The pillorying of John Lilburne In 1637, protestant radical and small-time printer John Lilburne was thrown into Fleet Prison in London.

From BBC