revolutionist

American  

[rev-uh-loo-shuh-nist] / ˌrɛv əˈlu ʃə nɪst /

noun

1. a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a revolution; revolutionary.

   revolutionist ideals.

revolutionist British  

/ ˌrɛvəˈluːʃənɪst /

noun

1. a less common word for a revolutionary

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adjective

1. of, characteristic of, or relating to revolution or revolutionaries

Other Word Forms

• antirevolutionist noun
• prorevolutionist adjective
• semirevolutionist noun

Etymology

Origin of revolutionist

First recorded in 1700–10; revolution + -ist

Example Sentences

US President Thomas Jefferson, revolutionist Francis Lewis and Griffith Jenkin Griffith, "one of the true pioneers of Los Angeles", are also given an honourable mention by Rhys thanks to their Welsh ancestry.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Here, I’m out there being a revolutionist for everybody else.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2019

I am not a revolutionist, but I do hold the deaths of every soldier as they fought for the freedoms in the constitution dear. globalgamble JJ_Bronco It sounds like you are doing the same thing.

From Time • Dec. 21, 2012

An obituary in The New York Times described her as “an incorrigible revolutionist to the end.”

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2012

There, too, Richard Wagner, a revolutionist, wanted by the Dresden police, came in 1849—from May 19th to 24th—disguised, carrying a forged passport, poor, miserable.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James