revolutionist
[rev-uh-loo-shuh-nist]
noun
a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a revolution; revolutionary: revolutionist ideals.
Origin of revolutionist
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Related Words for revolutionist
revolutionary, radical, zealot, agitator, fanatic, insurrectionist, resistance, nonconformist, separatist, iconoclast, traitor, mutineer, innovator, guerrilla, turncoat, nihilist, malcontent, opponent, independent, individualistExamples from the Web for revolutionist
Contemporary Examples of revolutionist
But he was a revolutionist, an often shabby, poverty-stricken genius with a taste for the bottle.
Historical Examples of revolutionist
Quite the contrary; and Verloc was as well aware of that as any other revolutionist of his standing.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
It is not by destroying, but by creating, that you have just done the work of a revolutionist.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
This revolutionist was not fit for an independent existence.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
He reflected that a revolutionist is seldom true to the settled type.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
And also he's a revolutionist because of the contrariness in him that artists usually have.
Erik DornBen Hecht
revolutionist
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